Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Pere Ubu’s “Elitism For The People: 1975-1978”

The target audience for Elitism For The People, Pere Ubu’s vinyl archival boxed set of studio and live work from

September 26, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There are those who would contend that all of Glen Hansard’s musical accomplishments have been cut and tailored from the

September 24, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Since 2002’s Up The Bracket (and you can include Babyshambles if you want to reach further backward), audiences have been

September 22, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

First released in 1983, Beat Gen icon Allen Ginsberg’s two-LP epic culled 1971 sessions with Bob Dylan, 1976 recordings with

September 20, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Liz Harris will never walk comfortably among the mortals. It’s just not her scene. She whispers and moans in her

September 19, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Recorded during Against Me!’s yearlong 2014 world tour, 23 Live Sex Acts opens with frontwoman Laura Jane Grace imploring, “Let’s

September 17, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Zach Condon was a teenage wunderkind when he recorded Gulag Orkestar, Beirut’s impressive 2006 debut. That album fused Balkan brass

September 15, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania