Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Zea’s “Witst Noch Dat D’R Neat Wie”
When Arnold de Boer isn’t singing and playing guitar with the Ex, he records under the name Zea. Untethered from

Essential New Music: C Joynes’ “Poor Boy On The Wire”
The pandemic has precipitated plenty of shut-in recording projects, mostly involving some degree of solitary activity. Poor Boy On The

Essential New Music: Greg Malcolm’s “Just Like Jim”
Depending on your perspective, Just Like Jim is a tale of comfort or caution. Your prized possessions may not only

Essential New Music: Mars Williams’ “Mars Williams Presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 5”
Mars Williams has the kind of name that, once heard or read, is not forgotten. But even if you don’t

Essential New Music (Book): David Lester’s “Prophet Against Slavery”
David Lester is a longstanding contributor to MAGNET. Every Saturday, we post an illustration by him, which pairs with a

Essential New Music: Kuzu’s “All Your Ghosts In One Corner”
All Your Ghosts In One Corner … and Kuzu in the other? Since this record was recorded on tour in

Essential New Music: Circuit Des Yeux’s “-io”
Breathe. If you’re afflicted with anxiety, that’s what you’re taught to do, and that’s the first sound Haley Fohr makes

Essential New Music: Smoke Bellow’s “Open For Business”
Open For Business. The title is an invitation, and you don’t need to be a former customer to get in

Essential New Music: Antietam Plus’ “His Majesty’s Request: A Wink O’Bannon Select”
In every local music scene, there’s a person who knows. They know the tunes, the sounds and the ways to

Essential New Music: Parquet Courts’ “Sympathy For Life”
Stepping forward while looking back, Parquet Courts push musical boundaries while still retaining a sense of identity on Sympathy For

Essential New Music: Rhyton’s “Pharaonic Crosstalk”
Freedom, Kris Kristofferson once wrote, is just another word for nothing left to lose. Rhyton’s singer and string-bender, Dave Shuford,

Essential New Music (Film): “Karen Dalton: In My Own Time”
When Bob Dylan hit the New York folk music scene, he found that one singer stood out from all the

Essential New Music: Gerycz / Powers / Rolin’s “Lamplighter”
A survey of “what’s in your bag” record-store interviews is bound to reveal that most music lovers nowadays like more

Essential New Music (Film): “What Is Man And What Is Guitar? Keith Rowe”
There’s no shortage of music documentaries that leave way too much in; how many hours do you really want to