Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “async”

Musician/composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been on the creative scene and making records since the late 1970s. A godfather of synth-pop,

“How did I get here?” “Do you ever dream about what it’s like to give up?” “I wanna feel like

A lot can happen in 21 years. A newborn can legally drink; a community organizer can become president; and a

Only Todd Rundgren—wizard, true star, avatar of vocal blue-eyed soul—would execute something as trendily popular as a duets album. And

Justin Townes Earle used his first six albums for a good deal of self-examination, to document his alcohol and substance

With bands such as Beach House, Fear Of Men and Purity Ring rediscovering the effects pedals of the dream-pop era,

The late Tony Conrad grew up trying to learn classical music while listening to bluegrass on the radio. These elements

Probably a much bigger deal across the pond than in its country of origin, and with longtime support of the

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania