Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Antibalas’ “Where The Gods Are In Peace”

Brooklyn’s Antibalas is a multiethnic, multicultural collective that takes its inspiration from Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, while adding a bit of

November 18, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Deerhoof’s methodology from the start could best be described as a rotating collective of weirdos attempting to understand, absorb and

November 16, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Ted Leo’s abundant, energetic live shows, astonishingly consistent knack for nimble, spiky pop/rock and general affability have earned him a

November 14, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The discography of Myrkur (one Amalie Bruun) leading up to Mareridt—the 2014 self-titled debut EP, 2015’s full-length M, last year’s

November 12, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

What kind of animal species dooms itself to its own extinction? It’s a cold, clinical question that synth-rock pioneer Gary

November 11, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

With the benefit of 20 years’ hindsight, superlatives such as Chris Martin’s Live 8 introduction (“The best song ever written,”

November 9, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Queens Of The Stone Age long ago moved beyond the stoner rock that head Queen Josh Homme originated in Kyuss,

November 8, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Pittsburgh’s Derek Vanetti is the songwriter, guitar player and frontman of this secular choir, a preacher with a message that

November 5, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania