Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Hello Whirled’s “No Use Crying Over Spilled Blood”

Whenever anyone writes about Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices, it’s a fair bet they mention that he’s prolific. (You

September 26, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

For Mahalia, With Love is a record that gets down to fundamentals, but not just in the way that its

September 22, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Pat Gubler is the kind of guy who can intuit fellow musicians’ ideals and help them sound like better versions

September 12, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The movie Stop Making Sense constitutes an undeniable high for Talking Heads. The Jonathan Demme-directed documentary of the band’s 1983

September 1, 2023 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania