Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Various Artists “Stax ’68: A Memphis Story”

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

You shouldn’t make a double LP if you aren’t ready to stretch a bit. Marcia Bassett of Zaïmph (ex-Un, Hototogisu,

January 11, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Way beyond the sultry, snaky and truly signature hit she made with the mysterious “Ode To Billie Joe,” there has

January 11, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Though released at the tail end of 2018, this feels like a more appropriate totem in which to hail Elvis

January 8, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Rock 'n' roll doesn’t have to be new. An inspired what-if notion might all that it takes to instigate some

January 2, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania