Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

September 16, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There’s no shortage of music documentaries that leave way too much in; how many hours do you really want to

September 7, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If you name your country band Tobacco City, you’re duty bound to play some songs about bad decisions. The Chicago

August 27, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The title is a bit of a dare. Can you find the one note that Bill Nace plays? Good luck.

August 18, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

“Fantas” originally appeared on Caterina Barbieri’s 2019 LP, Ecstatic Computation, as a cascade of tone-bursts that bounced, Superball style, away

August 12, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There’s been no shortage of records whose making reflects our times. Performed alone or cobbled together via file sharing, their

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

There’s a lot to be said about William Parker. He’s a peerless double bassist, a culture-spanning multi-instrumentalist, an ambitious composer,