Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Plankton Wat’s “Future Times”

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

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

The COVID virus may have owned 2020, but 2021 is the year of Don Cherry. The Oklahoma-born trumpeter, whose curious

February 26, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

People make records for a lot of reasons, and who are we to judge? Music lovers, that’s who we are,

February 17, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Forty years ago, Flying Nun Records released its first single. The Pin Group’s “Coat” imagined a world of sound and

February 10, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Loren Connors has dueted with many guitarists over the years, but he always presents them with the same challenge. The

February 5, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

How much does an album really matter? That all depends on who you ask. If you’re Neil Young, you have

January 28, 2021 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC