Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

In the 21st century, the term "post-punk" has been widely applied to acts that have no punk in their blood

Sometimes you just have to narrow your options a bit to get things done. Cambridge, Mass., multi-instrumentalist Lloyd Thayer has

It’s tempting to say that any combo of musicians who first played together 40 years ago has been around for

If you want your art to change the world, you have to think big. Sun Ra proposed extra-terrestrial solutions to

No one planned for a year like this. Even the survivalists muffed it; they might've stocked up on guns and

Stirrup has always had a thing for addition. The instrumental trio—bassist Nick Macri, drummer Charles Rumback and cello/electronics/tenor-guitar player Fred

Dan Melchior has been a resident of the United States for 22 years. But before that, he was part of

When Jim O’Rourke first visited the French institution known as the Groupe de Recherches Musicales 30 years ago, it was

Smart bandleaders know that if you want you band to sound good, nothing’s more important than a good drummer. You’ll

The Mekons have been through their share of changes since they first convened in Leeds, England, in the late 1970s.

The Powers/Rolin Duo messes with expectations in most delightful ways. Their instrumentation—hammered dulcimer and 12-string acoustic guitar—looks like something you’d

A tower can be an advantageous observation post or a monument to the past. Lithics’ Tower Of Age is both.

To misquote Bob Dylan, the times they are putting us through some changes. 2020 should've been a good year for

Anyone who's served a tour of duty under the waves will tell you that the sound of inrushing water is