Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

This year Butthole Surfers, the grey eminences of psych/punk, are set to release their first new music in 17 years,

On the coattails of My Woman, Angel Olsen’s 2016 breakout LP, comes Phases, a collection of outtakes, b-sides and demos.

Saicobab is the newest project of Yoshimio (a.k.a. Yoshimi P-We), who helms OOIOO and sings/drums in the Boredoms. Both Saicobab’s

This feisty young Melburnian released a crackerjack, all-killer, five-song EP in last year’s B-Grade University, and she has now repeated

On her 2016 self-titled debut, Dori Freeman addressed the downside of love with plenty of wit and uplifting melodies. There

Brooklyn indie songwriter Mirah has always been a wonderfully eclectic artist, with each album bringing new sounds and ideas. For

Lee Ann Womack rose to prominence with prime mainstream Nashville fodder like hit ballad “I Hope You Dance” and the

Once upon a time, you could say “Brooklyn band” and instantly conjure a set of characteristics straight outta Central Casting:

Neil Young has acknowledged that his late friend/producer David Briggs was the guy who could get the most out of

With ’90s nostalgia already in full swing among those who were too young for all-ages shows the first time around,

Aside from existing and surviving through the trials and tribulations that follow being a band for 29 years, Unsane’s second

The endless retirement tour and the never-done 50th anniversary of the Who have been the butt of jokes ever since