Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Young Jesus’ “S/T”
“Feeling” is more than just the name of a song for Young Jesus. It’s a statement of intent. For almost
Essential New Music: Bardo Pond’s “Volume 8”
Most bands have a discography you can chart on a timeline. Bardo Pond’s is more like a delta, with tributaries
Essential New Music: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s “Wrong Creatures”; Buffalo Tom’s “Quiet And Peace”
What manner of madness is this, combining reviews of leather-jacket brooders Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with nice-guy indie-rock journeymen Buffalo
A Complete Idiot’s Guide To Guided By Voices: All 25 Albums Ranked
Because everyone loves lists, especially fans of their Uncle Bob Not counting 1995’s King Shit And The Golden Boys (a
Essential New Music: Guided By Voices’ “Space Gun”
Here we are contemplating Space Gun, Guided By Voices’ 25th album. Not just its specifics—though we’ll get to a few
Essential New Music: Gun Outfit’s “Out Of Range”
Call it cocaine country or “western expanse music,” but that lonesome quiver traded by Carrie Keith and Dylan Sharp is
Essential New Music: Laura Baird’s “I Wish I Were A Sparrow”
Music comes naturally to Laura Baird’s clan. She’s half of a sister act with Meg Baird, whom you probably know
















