Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The late Jeff Buckley knew a thing or two about cover songs. His unique versions of other artists’ material were

By the 1970s, singer/songwriter Emitt Rhodes had left the sunshine pop ensemble the Merry-Go-Round and was making a name for

After a dozen albums that span the entire history of country music, from bluegrass to honky-tonk, Robbie Fulks still has

The shimmering, melancholy brand of dream-pop that Jack Tatum makes as Wild Nothing cuts a curious line between Phil Elverum’s

Last time we heard from Loretta Lynn, the country music icon had teamed up with Jack White on Van Lear

Teenage sisters Lily (then 15) and Madeleine (then 18) didn’t expect much when they put up a homemade video of

At this point, Bob Mould has released more studio albums under his own name than with Hüsker Dü and Sugar combined,

Cincinnati quintet Wussy loves its drones—its Velvets, Feelies and Sonic Youths—as much as its Beatles, Stones and Who. Nevertheless, it’s

Hox is Edvard Graham Lewis of Wire and Swedish electronic musician Andreas Karperyd. They aren’t exactly strangers, having made several

Ah, Norway! Where the synthesizers never set and the northern lights twinkle like a great celestial arpeggiator. Thomas Moen Hermansen,

Birmingham, Ala., indie psych/folk mainstays Through The Sparks are anything but predictable. Tapping a vein equal parts New Order to

To amass 20 years in one cauldron or genre in this fickle mess of a music business deserves high praise

“Untitled Melancholy Song"—that could be the working title of two thirds of the songs in Elliott Smith’s catalog. On Heaven

Find me a person who hasn’t somehow experienced the bubblegum-flavored majesty of the Cars and I’ll show you someone who’s