Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Probably a much bigger deal across the pond than in its country of origin, and with longtime support of the

Although their soul influences have been well documented, the Afghan Whigs have always been at their core a guitar-driven rock

Though the band has been overshadowed by the other instrumental rock juggernaut in Constellation Records’ stable, Godspeed You! Black Emperor,

You won’t find a light and charming tune like “Mushaboom,” “1234” or “I Feel It All” on Pleasure, Feist’s fifth

Tucked snugly in that happy place between cosmic country and neo-hippie bliss is Brent Rademaker and GospelbeacH. Fans of Beachwood

Royal Trux is back, playing shows with a new album supposedly in the works. While we wait to see if

After five rewarding albums of artful, evocative (re)interpretations of primarily traditional material (and the odd contemporary pop cover), this Vermont

Maybe it’s not too surprising after the critical drubbing and commercial failure of 2014’s Songs Of Innocence that U2 might

Dan Auerbach is no longer the visceral guitar strangler that emerged from Akron, Ohio, nearly a decade and a half

What makes a record sound “overproduced”? Unnecessary lushness, maybe, but when is lushness ever really “necessary”? That’s sort of its

This Louisville, Ky., songwriter has given us some of the most purely gorgeous folk music of the decade, and her

Ryan Pollie turns in another collection of desolate tunes on his second album titled Los Angeles Police Department, which may