Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Arab Strap’s “The Last Romance”
Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, the gentlemen who make up Arab Strap, have a reputation for being the last word

Essential New Music: Various Artists “Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The ’80s Underground”
This four-CD boxed set can’t and won’t do anything lofty like write the definitive history of a bountiful musical decade,

Essential New Music: Delgados’ “Universal Audio”
Noting the tenor of the times, the Delgados embarked upon a shock-and-awe 2003 world tour that featured a cadre of

Essential New Music: Dizzee Rascal’s “Boy In Da Corner”
OK, what the hell is this? I mean, I know what it is in the literal sense—it’s a CD, it’s called Boy In

Essential New Music: Four Tet’s “Rounds”
Take this album title in either of two ways. On one hand, it could be a reference to the record’s