Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Mike Gent’s “Career Moves”

Songwriter/guitarist Mike Gent’s band, the Figgs, has been pretty prolific since its 1987 formation, releasing 16 official LPs, including 2022’s

A folk song’s enduring appeal may come down to its flexibility. One person’s tall tale is another’s symbolic epic of

The appeals of the P.S.F. Records catalog are many and diverse, but they can be summed up rather simply this

It was nearly two decades between 1991’s Metallica and 2008’s Death Magnetic. Nearly two decades of collective head-scratching among fans,

When you hear the words “American landscapes,” maybe you imagine your favorite Ansel Adams photograph or that time you surveyed

Many musicians rack up the miles just to get to work, but travel has been an especially inescapable aspect of

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

This recording represents a nodal point in musical history. The three participants were already connected by a web of acquaintance