Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: R.E.M.’s “Document (25th Anniversary Edition)”

You know what says “timeless classic”? Twenty-five years of hearing cringe-inducing covers and still getting chills up your spine when

October 5, 2012 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The fourth LP from Longwave manages to be a great big sprawl of an album that never sounds too ambitious

November 12, 2008 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Nothing golden can stay, but from 1996 to 2001, Belle And Sebastian were bronzed gods of indie pop. Stuart Murdoch’s

November 10, 2008 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

If you’ve lost touch with the band’s work, something new from Mogwai almost demands a barefoot run through the bountiful

September 22, 2008 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

At least two of the following mildewed factoids seem mandatory in any Robert Pollard review: “used to be a teacher,”

September 16, 2008 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Indie icon, folk troubadour, pop medium. Mac McCaughan has assumed many musical guises for his Portastatic project, which has existed

September 9, 2008 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Let’s get this right out in the open: Yes, Fleet Foxes sound like My Morning Jacket and, in turn, Band