Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: A Sunny Day In Glasgow’s “Planning Weed Like It’s Acid/Life Is Loss”

On one hand, A Sunny Day In Glasgow sounds like an elemental mash-up of Cocteau Twins, Sparks, the New Pornographers,

January 15, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Jungle Brothers may have come straight out the jungles of Harlem with what would ultimately become the template for the

January 13, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The tech industry's new-money piranhas haven’t gnawed all the weirdness out of San Francisco just yet. Consider Kelley Stoltz, whose

January 11, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Seriously? Why not? C'mon, honestly. What’s so terrible about tossing an egg out a third-story window, spilling ink on the

January 10, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Hard to imagine, considering the band practically invented punk, indie and every other vital modern musical form, but as the

January 9, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Just because Will Toledo is a newcomer doesn’t mean that he’s new. The Virginia-born, Seattle-based songwriter has released album after

January 8, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

When we last saw Savannah four-piece Baroness, it was exploring vast expanses of sound and style on 2012’s double-LP Yellow

January 6, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania