Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Dead Boys’ “Still Snotty: Young Loud And Snotty At 40”

1973 American punk rock was either the Rolling Stones in hell (Iggy And The Stooges circa Raw Power) or in

December 23, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: LCD Soundsystem’s “American Dream”

The phenomenal news is that the first LCD Soundsystem album in seven years sounds tremendously, magnificently like an LCD Soundsystem

December 21, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Cults’ “Offering”

Cults’ 2011 debut was a bracing cross-pollination of early-’60s girl-group sass and arty New York cool. The duo of Madeline

December 19, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Chris Bell’s “I Am The Cosmos”

If a pop masterpiece drops in the forest, does it make a sound? It took four years for “I Am

December 17, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Acetone’s “1992-2001”

Acetone is just the latest ’90s curiosity to be plucked from hushed, record-store-counter cult status (read: utter anonymity) by Seattle

December 16, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: David Bowie’s “A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982)”

The story of how David Bowie got from L.A. to Berlin is infamous: Tired of cocaine and plasticity, he left

December 14, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Rostam’s “Half Light”

Rostam Batmanglij is substantially responsible for shaping the sound and music of Vampire Weekend, so it’s unsurprising—probably inevitable—that the producer/multi-instrumentalist’s

December 12, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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