Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Steven R. Smith’s “Triecade”

With Triecade, Steven R. Smith marks 30 years of mostly solitary music-making. Formerly a member of Thuja and Mirza (both

February 21, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Some might say that List Of Demands sounds like it was ripped from today’s headlines, but given the way things

February 14, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

In the liner notes to Öppet Två, Swedish reeds player Mats Gustafsson describes a moment in 1982 that gave focus

February 7, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

“I am not guilty of insanity/My brain was taken in a brain robbery.” So sings one of the pseudonymous members

January 31, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Le Sony’r Ra, the philosopher/composer/musician/poet known to the world as Sun Ra, died in 1993. Recordings from across his career

January 24, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

While it may be a stretch to say that bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten has been a citizen of the world,

January 17, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Everest. Kilimanjaro. Fuji. Some mountains just have to be climbed, no matter what. Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was The Night,

January 6, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania