Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The modern vocal frippery of Theo Bleckmann is nearly unparalleled in its beautiful, bountiful oddity. Whether pasted before wonky wallpaper

The Godfathers were needed when they strutted outta late-’80s London with guitars set on stun, their hearts full of napalm.

Tim Kinsella-helmed collective Joan Of Arc is one of indie/art rock’s oddest success stories, a 21-year-long recording/performance project that’s produced

This Tommy Stinson-fronted outfit’s only previous record, 1993’s Friday Night Is Killing Me, was generally well-received, if not a big

Will Kimbrough is a journeyman guitarist and songwriter with countless solo and collaborative credits to his name. Acclaimed vocalist Brigitte

In the 15 years since William Basinski began releasing The Disintegration Loops—his epochal tape-loop masterpiece that’s become inseparable from its

Ryan Adams and I have had our differences over the years, the majority of them in the pages of this

On its second album, 2012’s Coexist, the xx doubled down on the minimalist aesthetic that made its debut an instant

If there’s one thing that immediately stands out in Austra’s music, it’s the rafter-raising voice of leader Katie Stelmanis. As

Whores’ first full-length comes charging right out of the gate and doesn’t let up. Call it angular hard metal largely

Revival, Gillian Welch’s 1996 debut, is a cornerstone of Americana, or alt-country as it was called at the time. It

If you’re looking for the meltingly hot wall of sound that California garage-rock champions Thee Oh Sees are known for