Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Rock 'n' roll is pretty easy to find around the globe, but it hasn’t been the global lingua franca for

Photo by Peter Gannushkin Whether you’re playing music or fighting for freedom, you have to be ready to go the

An "apsis" is the nearest or farthest point of a planet’s orbit. It’s a handy metaphor for the dynamics of

When Matt Valentine and Pat “P.G. Six” Gubler played together in Tower Recordings, they often seemed to represent opposing methodologies

“Hakawati,” the song that kicks of City Of Djinn’s self-titled second album, comes at you like a cavalry attack over

David Kilgour’s first album in five years confirms his enduring strengths as a singer, guitarist and composer, but it also

Brian Crook doesn’t make solo albums very often. He doesn’t need to. The Joshua Tree, Calif., resident is the co-lead

The name Weeping Bang Band stokes expectations for cannabis-reliant comedy, or at least a few cracks about why the bong

Sam Rivers’ jazz journey was as long as it was extraordinary. Born in 1923, he toured with Miles Davis and

Back when MAGNET reviewed the Silence’s self-titled debut, the writer suggested that the main difference between Masaki Batoh’s latest rock

Depending on whether you know John Davis from his solo records or his tenure with the Folk Implosion, you'll either

Bushman's Revenge, 2019. Foto: Marthe Amanda Vannebo If you’re prone to road-trip fantasies, it’ll only take one look at the

Mission of Burma is on ice. The Boston Globe recently published a short article about bassist Clint Conley giving up

Sleater-Kinney The Center Won’t Hold (Mom + Pop)Hopefully drummer Janet Weiss' departure from the band right before the LP's release