Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Bob Dylan’s “More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14” (Deluxe Edition)

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

Nearly 30 years (!?) after the ping-ponging pop-hop of Raw Like Sushi and its global hit, “Buffalo Stance,” Neneh Chery

December 7, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Heather Leigh has been playing music on her own and with Charalambides, Tarpis Tula and Peter Brötzmann (among others) for

December 2, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Just in time for your holidaze shopping, we bring you the best reissues and collections with which to stuff your

November 11, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Philadelphia’s Restorations skipped 4996 LPs to get from 2014’s LP3 to LP5000. Listening to the new record, it’s easy to figure

November 6, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania