Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio’s “The Bottom”
The Silt Trio’s name clues you in to its relationship with history. The group churns layers of accumulated knowledge, mixing
Essential New Music: The Jazz Butcher’s “The Highest In The Land”
For devoted, longtime fans of Pat Fish (a.k.a. the Jazz Butcher), The Highest In The Land could be a difficult
Essential New Music: Partner Look’s “By The Book”
When people quip, “There must be a German word for that,” they’re asking for a multi-syllabic tongue-twister that’ll do the
Essential New Music: Animal Collective’s “Time Skiffs”
Compared to the late 2000s and early 2010s, indie-rock album cycles have felt more like meeting up with old high-school
Essential New Music: Jake Xerxes Fussell’s “Good And Green Again”
You can’t get around dealing with time when, like Jake Xerxes Fussell, you’re a second-generation folklorist. How much do you
Essential New Music: Savage Republic’s “Meteora”
Savage Republic first convened in the early 1980s. Original guitarist Bruce Licher and a shifting array of musicians shook up

















