Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble’s “Now”

“Pretty soon, the whole world is gonna go crazy.” Judging from the sample’s sound quality, those words, which usher in

Perhaps the most common running line about Godspeed You! Black Emperor is that its mighty, caustic brand of rock music

The New Bums aren’t that new. Singer/guitarists Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopards) and Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance, Comets On

One moment, Zöe sounds like it’s beaming in from a time when you could still buy rotary phones in stores.

The second law of thermodynamics is invaluable when you want to understand why things keep coming apart. But if you

Future Times was born of a dire present. Plankton Wat is the solo project of guitarist Dewey Mahood (ex-Eternal Tapestry, Galaxy

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Not many people have yearned less for success than Fred Neil. Plenty of beatniks, folkies and hippies from the 1950s