Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Zaïmph’s “Rhizomatic Gaze”

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

Bob Dylan at the tail end of 2018 was a fascinating, irascible concept. Dylan at the circus selling his Heaven’s

January 2, 2019 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

To call an 11-to-17 disc dissection of Ray Davies’ flowery, lit-witty masterpiece “forensic” doesn’t quite say enough about how the

December 19, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

On his own and as half of Barn Owl, Jon Porras has tended to make instrumental music that's expansive and

December 18, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania