Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Chills’ “Silver Bullets”

Chills mainstay Martin Phillipps has a lot on his mind on Silver Bullets, the beloved New Zealand outfit’s first album in

November 15, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Ms. John Soda’s not the most reliable German electro twee-pop group out there, but when the band shows up, it

November 14, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Urge Overkill was misunderstood in real time; it’s unlikely the band will join Archers Of Loaf or Pavement in the

November 14, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

For almost a decade and a half now, Richard Hawley has been perfecting and refining his own self-contained musical world.

November 12, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Indie long ago declared its undying love for the Velvet Underground; history lessons are no longer required. But what may

November 10, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

It’s a 35-song, five-record boxed set of live Drive-By Truckers recorded over three nights at the Fillmore in San Francisco—if

November 8, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Krautrock completism is not for the faint of heart. Consider Cluster’s Hans-Joachim Roedelius, for example, with upward of 50 full-length

November 7, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania