Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: New Bums’ “Last Time I Saw Grace”
The New Bums aren’t that new. Singer/guitarists Donovan Quinn (Skygreen Leopards) and Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance, Comets On
Essential New Music: Nightshift’s “Zöe”
One moment, Zöe sounds like it’s beaming in from a time when you could still buy rotary phones in stores.
Essential New Music: Thumbscrew’s “Never Is Enough”
The second law of thermodynamics is invaluable when you want to understand why things keep coming apart. But if you
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
Essential New Music: Fred Neil’s “38 MacDougal”
Not many people have yearned less for success than Fred Neil. Plenty of beatniks, folkies and hippies from the 1950s
Essential New Music: Don Cherry’s “Cherry Jam”
The COVID virus may have owned 2020, but 2021 is the year of Don Cherry. The Oklahoma-born trumpeter, whose curious

















