Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Can’s “The Singles”
Where some might see the culling of Can’s Singles as a cash grab, the reality is that the discovery of

Essential New Music: Banditos’ “Visionland”
The Banditos’ blend of country, Memphis soul, funk, rock, ’50s R&B and psychedelic folk is full of unexpected juxtapositions. When

Essential New Music: Au.Ra’s “Cultivations”
Technology has fucked up a lot of things for a lot of people, and if there’s even an iota of

Essential New Music: Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie’s “Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie”
A lot of water has passed under a good many bridges since Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie paired up for

Essential New Music: Miranda Lee Richards’ “Existential Beast”
Miranda Lee Richards apparently lives in 1971 Laurel Canyon, according to her fourth LP, Existential Beast. Opener “Ashes And Seeds”

Essential New Music: The Van Pelt’s “Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves” And “Sultans Of Sentiment”
This pair of releases by New York City’s the Van Pelt, in hindsight, provided a number of significant indie-rock mile

Essential New Music: Algiers’ “The Underside Of Power”
The wall of sound this band generates with distorted guitars, samples, industrial noise and live drums is overwhelming at times,

Essential New Music: Beach Fossils’ “Somersault”
If your band is going have the word “beach” in its name, your music better have breeziness in spades. Brooklyn