Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Dean Roberts’ “Not Fire”

Photo by Denis Laner A dozen years separate Not Fire from Dean Roberts’ previous album, Uneasy Flowers, which he released

When free jazz first manifested in the middle of the 20th century, it quickly became linked to the fight for

You could call Shane Parish a guitarist, or you could call him a cottage industry. Either way, you’d be right.

Whatever fails to kill a creative endeavor makes it stronger. You can argue that the music of Charlie Parker and

Any tool can be used for either good or ill, but in music, virtuosity is especially double-edged. The ability to

Photo by Dawid Laskowski AC/DC has performed “Back In Black” many times, but Joe McPhee, who was born before any

There are plenty of reasons why the Ex has been characterized as a punk band. There’s the group's roots in

February 27, 2020 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania