Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Elkhorn’s “Sun Cycle/Elk Jam”

Elkhorn is a relatively young band, but it has a lot of history behind it. Electric guitarist Drew Gardner and

The members of Sonic Youth accomplished two things on July 4, 2008. First, they coaxed the Feelies out of retirement

Past outings prove that C Joynes is a well-traveled guy. The guitarist’s previous recordings have reflected this. His picking is

More often than not, girly mags and rom-coms tell young folk that courtship (and breakups) must involve some sort of

The roads that lead to the style known as American Primitive guitar tend to wind, and the trips that practitioners

Problems, the first full-length from the Get Up Kids in more than eight years, pulls an excellent trick. Like the

Sparrow Steeple beckons. Follow that crooked finger and you’ll soon find yourself tumbling down the sort of rabbit hole that

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania