Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Jeremy Enigk’s “Ghosts”

Jeremy Enigk shouldn’t be a hidden gem. Not after four albums with the legendary Sunny Day Real Estate and a

January 24, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Converge’s “The Dusk In Us”

Hyping Boston-based hardcore heroes Converge to a readership with backgrounds steeped in indie rock (i.e., most of you reading MAGNET)

January 23, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Foo Fighters’ “Concrete And Gold”

Without bothering to apologize for any perceived punning, never mind Dave Grohl and Pat Smear’s hardcore, noise-punk pedigrees any longer.

January 21, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Kelley Stoltz’s “Que Aura”

Some folks do their best to sound like their heroes; Kelley Stoltz once did a note-for-note re-creation of Echo &

January 20, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: J. Roddy Walston And The Business’ “Destroyers Of The Soft Life”

A great deal can befall a man in a mere four years; degrees and diplomas can be earned in such

January 18, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Torres’ “Three Futures”

It’s no wonder that former PJ Harvey bandmate and producer Rob Ellis has chosen to work with Mackenzie Scott (a.k.a.

January 16, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Weather Station’s “The Weather Station”

Tamara Lindeman may have a clear-toned, country-tinged voice that’s liable to swoop, Joni Mitchell-like, from murmuring conversational tones into airy,

January 14, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania