Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Sometimes culture comes from the top down; when the Beatles, Steven Spielberg or Beyoncé have had something to say, people

Jessica Pratt has a thing for irreducible essences. Quiet Signs, her third LP, barely qualifies as a long player since

People get up to all sorts of dire shit in the desert. Desert Storm, the current war in Yemen, the

Before you accuse Sunwatchers of pulling any illegal moves, take a look at the Scott Lenhardt illustration that wraps around

The visibility afforded guitarist Bill MacKay by his recent run as Ryley Walker’s right-hand man might create the mistaken impression

Generally, revolutions are decisive acts of will, but not the one that Elena Setién has in mind. While the songs

True North is Michael Chapman’s second album for Paradise Of Bachelors, and once again Steve Gunn sits in the producer’s

Much of David Bazan’s music over the past two decades has fixated on the many ways in which we ache,

Don’t look back, Dylan once quoted. (Negro/Major League pitching great Satchel Paige actually initially said the words). Spoken like a

The legendary Stax imprint was and always will be a phoenix among ashes. Stax ’68: A Memphis Story is a

Great music often comes from the effort to contain contradictory impulses, and so it is with The Unseen In Between.

It’s a bit daunting to pick an entry point into a career that spans more than half a century. It’s

You shouldn’t make a double LP if you aren’t ready to stretch a bit. Marcia Bassett of Zaïmph (ex-Un, Hototogisu,

Way beyond the sultry, snaky and truly signature hit she made with the mysterious “Ode To Billie Joe,” there has