Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Josh Ritter’s “Sermon On The Rocks”

Poor Josh Ritter. God has anointed him a prophet, sending him out to tell the rest of us that: a)

October 31, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Los Lobos’ “Gates Of Gold”

Established in 1973, Los Lobos is an American institution, not just another band from East Los Angeles. Boasting singers who

October 29, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Deafheaven’s “New Bermuda”

Though bands have been routinely fusing metal aesthetics with shoegaze dynamics and post-rock’s larger-than-life scope for decades, Deafheaven’s 2013 album, Sunbather,

October 27, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Kylesa’s “Exhausting Fire”

Though Kylesa has released seven proper albums since forming in 2001, Exhausting Fire is the fourth—and best—installment of what will hopefully one

October 25, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Tom Carter’s “Long Time Underground”

Three years ago, guitarist Tom Carter (Charalambides, Sarin Smoke, etc.) checked into a German doctor’s office with what seemed like

October 24, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Peaches’ “Rub”

Creepy-sexy pre-EDM goddess Peaches expands her bitchy brand and salty sound beyond naughty electropunk for Rub, her first album since 2009’s I

October 24, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania