Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Marisa Anderson’s “Cloud Corner”

Marisa Anderson’s devotions to music, social transformation and good old-fashioned adventuring have kept her on the road for a fair

June 15, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Barrence Whitfield & The Savages’ “Soul Flowers Of Titan”

Pre-release hype on the 12th full-length slab from these Boston kings of garage/R&B claimed it to be under the hypnotic

June 10, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Tune-Yards’ “I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life”

Oakland-based vocalist/ukuleleist Merrill Garbus is the most visionary white artist of the last decade, and such singular, hooky and uncomfortable

June 9, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Ty Segall’s “Freedom’s Goblin”

You can be forgiven for not keeping up with Ty Segall’s myriad releases (at minimum an album a year), but

May 23, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: I’m With Her’s “See You Around”

This superstar bluegrass-flavored trio features Nickel Creek fiddler/guitarist Sara Watkins, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan (known for her

May 21, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Ministry’s “AmeriKKKant”

Ministry headman Al Jourgensen has been outspoken about his repulsion for the current administration and its disregard for truth, justice,

May 19, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Essential New Music: They Might Be Giants’ “I Like Fun”

As a quintessential fan’s band (seemingly beloved, at some point, by virtually anyone who’s been a nerdy adolescent in the

May 17, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC