Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts’ “Manhattan”

One of our cleverest, hardest-working, most underrated songwriters returns after four years with a characteristic grab bag of brilliance and

January 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The Vulgar Boatmen are an archetypal cult band. Those of us who love them really, really love them, but the

January 23, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Restlessness and reliability aren’t often traits that coexist, but they define Deerhoof’s two-decade existence. Rarely has a band so hell-bent

January 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Unless you’re an avid Anglophile, it probably won’t matter that Cradle To The Grave, Squeeze’s first album of original material

January 20, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There may be some among your friends who want to dismiss Vancouver electronic combo Young Galaxy as nothing but a

January 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

We’re long past worrying whether a new Killing Joke album is going to compromise the integrity of the band’s post-2002

January 17, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

The inaugural releases by AUM Fidelity were by the David S. Ware Quartet and William Parker’s Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra.

January 16, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC