Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Factory Floor’s “25 25”

This London outfit’s 2013 debut LP delineated a stark, seductive vision of post-industrial punk/funk techno—offsetting brutally minimalist loop marathons with

September 3, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Dead C’s “Trouble”

The Dead C has maintained the same personnel—Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats playing guitars, drums, synths—and maintained the

September 1, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Album Leaf’s “Between Waves”

In the time that’s elapsed since its last proper album, 2010’s A Chorus Of Storytellers, Jimmy LaValle’s the Album Leaf

August 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Sam Coomes’ “Bugger Me”

I’ve spent a lot of time over the years slogging my way through supposedly “difficult” (inherent subtext: “but good for

August 28, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Alex Cameron’s “Jumping The Shark”

Electronic music often depends on layers of synthesizers and pounding club beats to deliver its message. Alex Cameron and his

August 28, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Bevis Frond’s “Any Gas Faster,” “New River Head” And “London Stone”

These three reissues document the venerable Nick Saloman clarifying the vision of his British psych-rock project the Bevis Frond. Nearly

August 27, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania