Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Brooklyn Raga Massive’s “Terry Riley In C”

For years, sitarist Neel Murgai dreamed of recording Terry Riley’s In C. And why not? Besides being an avant-classical composer

In 1969 Nick Garrie recorded The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanisla, a lush folk/pop album. When collectors discovered it in the

John Davis stopped playing music in public for a while after quitting the Folk Implosion in 2000. He was still

It’s three years since this instrumental Chicago trio released its last proper album, but Bitchin Bajas has hardly been idle.

This album comes as a sad-yet-welcome surprise. Sharon Jones died in November 2016 after a recurrence of pancreatic cancer—although she

The 20th album in as many years from Oh Sees/Thee Oh Sees/the Oh Sees/OCS/etc. is what a late-night, fireside, gypsy-caravan

This reissue campaign for Manchester’s adventurous post-punk funkateers is probably more than a decade late for maximum impact. The kids

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania