Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Swans’ “Leaving Meaning”

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The last Swans album, 2016's The Glowing Man, looked for a moment like it might really be

November 27, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Rock 'n' roll is pretty easy to find around the globe, but it hasn’t been the global lingua franca for

November 25, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Photo by Peter Gannushkin Whether you’re playing music or fighting for freedom, you have to be ready to go the

November 7, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

An "apsis" is the nearest or farthest point of a planet’s orbit. It’s a handy metaphor for the dynamics of

October 23, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

When Matt Valentine and Pat “P.G. Six” Gubler played together in Tower Recordings, they often seemed to represent opposing methodologies

October 15, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

“Hakawati,” the song that kicks of City Of Djinn’s self-titled second album, comes at you like a cavalry attack over

October 10, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

David Kilgour’s first album in five years confirms his enduring strengths as a singer, guitarist and composer, but it also

October 8, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania