Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Angel Olsen’s “Phases”

On the coattails of My Woman, Angel Olsen’s 2016 breakout LP, comes Phases, a collection of outtakes, b-sides and demos.

February 22, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Saicobab is the newest project of Yoshimio (a.k.a. Yoshimi P-We), who helms OOIOO and sings/drums in the Boredoms. Both Saicobab’s

February 20, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

This feisty young Melburnian released a crackerjack, all-killer, five-song EP in last year’s B-Grade University, and she has now repeated

February 20, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

On her 2016 self-titled debut, Dori Freeman addressed the downside of love with plenty of wit and uplifting melodies. There

February 18, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Brooklyn indie songwriter Mirah has always been a wonderfully eclectic artist, with each album bringing new sounds and ideas. For

February 17, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Lee Ann Womack rose to prominence with prime mainstream Nashville fodder like hit ballad “I Hope You Dance” and the

February 15, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Once upon a time, you could say “Brooklyn band” and instantly conjure a set of characteristics straight outta Central Casting:

February 15, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Neil Young has acknowledged that his late friend/producer David Briggs was the guy who could get the most out of

February 14, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania