Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Elena Setién’s “Another Kind Of Revolution”

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

February 22, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

February 15, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

February 6, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

February 4, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

January 28, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

January 21, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

January 15, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania