Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Naujawanan Baidar’s “Khedmat Be Khalq”

Naujawanan Baidar grew from heavy psych combo Myrrors, but don’t call it a side project. Rather, consider it to be

August 25, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

L. Eugene Methe’s work to date has been all over the map. The Nebraska-based musician has recorded one LP of

August 18, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Dave Rempis has been an essential figure on Chicago’s improvised music scene for more than a quarter century. But while

August 11, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

After penning a review of 2018’s Space Gun—and compiling a well-received (sarcasm) ranking of Guided By Voices’ 25 LPs up

“Extinction is the rule,” Carl Sagan once wrote. “Survival is the exception.” Most of the time, that seems like a

The moment when it seems like you have nothing to lose can be a good time to strike a deal.

Jim O’Rourke’s passion for film has informed his music from the start. Cinematic notions of pacing and structure influence his

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania