Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Acetone’s “1992-2001”
Acetone is just the latest ’90s curiosity to be plucked from hushed, record-store-counter cult status (read: utter anonymity) by Seattle

Essential New Music: David Bowie’s “A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982)”
The story of how David Bowie got from L.A. to Berlin is infamous: Tired of cocaine and plasticity, he left

Essential New Music: Rostam’s “Half Light”
Rostam Batmanglij is substantially responsible for shaping the sound and music of Vampire Weekend, so it’s unsurprising—probably inevitable—that the producer/multi-instrumentalist’s

Essential New Music: The Yawpers’ “Boy In A Well”
On this disturbing album, the Yawpers give us a song cycle—you can call it a rock opera without indulging in

Essential New Music: Ben Sollee And Kentucky Native’s “Ben Sollee And Kentucky Native”
Cellist, songwriter, activist and proud Kentucky native Ben Sollee has always been a difficult artist to predict. The difference between

Essential New Music: Moses Sumney’s “Aromanticism”
In the video for his single “Doomed,” Moses Sumney performs submerged in azure water, lit softly from above (or is

Essential New Music: Shout Out Louds’ “Ease My Mind”
It’s easy to love Swedish bands like the Mary Onettes, Radio Dept. and Shout Out Louds. They have a knack

Essential New Music: Wand’s “Plum”
Los Angeles’ modern psych-rock heroes return with their fourth LP and first since 2015’s stunning 1000 Days. Plum finds the