Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Steve Gunn’s “Eyes On The Lines”
It’s easy to crash when making a road record. The setup of writing about life on the move can foster
Essential New Music: Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds’ “La Arana Es La Vida”
Brian Tristan (a.k.a. Kid Congo Powers) has mangled the guitar for some of punk’s and post-punk’s most unselfconsciously artistic bands:
Essential New Music: The Jayhawks’ “Paging Mr. Proust”
What’s a veteran alt-country band to do? The Jayhawks’ Hollywood Town Hall (1992) and Tomorrow The Green Grass (1995) are
Essential New Music: John Doe’s “The Westerner”
Once your brain filtered out the distorted guitars and supersonic rhythm section, it was obvious that X was a folk-rock
Essential New Music: Cate Le Bon’s “Crab Day”
Raised in Wales and based in California, Cate Le Bon knows a bit about transitions. The glam-Bowie look she’s adopted
Essential New Music: Rufus Wainwright’s “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets” And “Prima Dona”
Despite the Mark Ronson-produced Out Of The Game in 2012, Rufus Wainwright’s last decade has been best spent away from

















