Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: David Bowie’s “Five Years (1969-1973)”

Thursday, July 6, 1972. Britain’s youth tune in to the BBC’s Top Of The Pops. They are confronted by a

October 13, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Three years ago, Feelies guitarist Glenn Mercer had the idea to create atmospheric accompaniments to the pictures in his mind,

October 11, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Since arriving some 13 years back, the diseased minds within California’s Icarus Line never intended to be your pals. They

October 11, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Now that we’re in the era of car-commercial “indie” rock, it’s quaint to think back on a time when calling

October 10, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

When Animal Collective gets the “post-Y2K Phish” tag, it’s more in reference to the group’s position as the house band

October 10, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Why Better Nature is billed as Silversun Pickups’ “most human music thus far” is something of a mystery. The slinky, dreamy Los

October 7, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania