Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: First Aid Kit’s “Ruins”

There’s a crystalline, cold Nordic purity running through First Aid Kit that, combined with a streak of melancholic, autumnal folk/pop

For a record constructed in such an unconventional, informal manner, Yo La Tengo's There’s A Riot Going On is surprisingly structural

Even after almost 35 years, Yo La Tengo still comes across—in the best sense of the word—as amateur. Not hardened

“Feeling” is more than just the name of a song for Young Jesus. It’s a statement of intent. For almost

Most bands have a discography you can chart on a timeline. Bardo Pond’s is more like a delta, with tributaries

What manner of madness is this, combining reviews of leather-jacket brooders Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with nice-guy indie-rock journeymen Buffalo

Because everyone loves lists, especially fans of their Uncle Bob Not counting 1995’s King Shit And The Golden Boys (a

Here we are contemplating Space Gun, Guided By Voices’ 25th album. Not just its specifics—though we’ll get to a few

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania