Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Graham Parker & The Rumour’s “Mystery Glue”
This is Graham Parker’s second album with the reunited backup band that gave his early albums so much fire and
Essential New Music: The Helio Sequence’s “The Helio Sequence”
The Helio Sequence has worked on a fairly panoramic screen over the past decade and a half, projecting its evocative
Essential New Music: Beauty Pill’s “Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are”
On its first album in 10 years, D.C. band Beauty Pill takes a sledgehammer to boundaries and orthodoxies. Prior releases
Essential New Music: Half Japanese’s “Volume 3, 1990-1995”
Rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t get any better than this. Period. These three albums—1990’s We Are They Who Ache With Amorous
Essential New Music: Low Cut Connie’s “Hi Honey”
Even when a mere year separated the release of Low Cut Connie’s second album from its first, the energetic combo
Essential New Music: The Tallest Man On Earth “Dark Bird Is Home”
Kristian Matsson is a musician who can hold a theater of thousands in rapt attention with just an acoustic guitar
Essential New Music: Mew’s “+ -“
Since 1994, the Danish indie rockers in Mew have found interesting and engaging ways to bend progressive rock into exotic
















