Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If a pop masterpiece drops in the forest, does it make a sound? It took four years for “I Am

Acetone is just the latest ’90s curiosity to be plucked from hushed, record-store-counter cult status (read: utter anonymity) by Seattle

The story of how David Bowie got from L.A. to Berlin is infamous: Tired of cocaine and plasticity, he left

Rostam Batmanglij is substantially responsible for shaping the sound and music of Vampire Weekend, so it’s unsurprising—probably inevitable—that the producer/multi-instrumentalist’s

On this disturbing album, the Yawpers give us a song cycle—you can call it a rock opera without indulging in

Cellist, songwriter, activist and proud Kentucky native Ben Sollee has always been a difficult artist to predict. The difference between

In the video for his single “Doomed,” Moses Sumney performs submerged in azure water, lit softly from above (or is

It’s easy to love Swedish bands like the Mary Onettes, Radio Dept. and Shout Out Louds. They have a knack

Los Angeles’ modern psych-rock heroes return with their fourth LP and first since 2015’s stunning 1000 Days. Plum finds the

As aggressively influential as the scorched-earth electro of Suicide was (that being vocalist/poet/painter Alan Vega’s duo with machine manipulation Martin

What’s in a name? For guitar wildman John Dwyer, it’s hard to tell. After several releases under various permutations of

In Metric, Emily Haines specializes in glossy, synth-centric pop. In her occasional stints as one of Broken Social Scene’s many