Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Some artists believe so thoroughly in the imaginary worlds they create, the listener winds up being convinced of their existence,

Jolie Holland’s eclectic solo career has largely overshadowed the fact that she was a founder of one-time folk sensation the

Over the years, these Toronto darlings have been compared to the concrete (punk, hardcore, noise rock, grunge) and likened to

Apparently, Tommy Stinson fancied himself a songwriter—just not under the auspices of his cantankerous Replacements CEO. So when a frustrated

It’s ironic that Alvvays frontwoman Molly Rankin hails from the famed folk lineage of Canada’s Rankin Family. Because, only two

Brooklyn’s Antibalas is a multiethnic, multicultural collective that takes its inspiration from Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, while adding a bit of

Deerhoof’s methodology from the start could best be described as a rotating collective of weirdos attempting to understand, absorb and

Ted Leo’s abundant, energetic live shows, astonishingly consistent knack for nimble, spiky pop/rock and general affability have earned him a

The discography of Myrkur (one Amalie Bruun) leading up to Mareridt—the 2014 self-titled debut EP, 2015’s full-length M, last year’s

What kind of animal species dooms itself to its own extinction? It’s a cold, clinical question that synth-rock pioneer Gary

With the benefit of 20 years’ hindsight, superlatives such as Chris Martin’s Live 8 introduction (“The best song ever written,”

Queens Of The Stone Age long ago moved beyond the stoner rock that head Queen Josh Homme originated in Kyuss,