Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Verve’s “Urban Hymns 20th Anniversary Edition”

With the benefit of 20 years’ hindsight, superlatives such as Chris Martin’s Live 8 introduction (“The best song ever written,”

November 9, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Queens Of The Stone Age’s “Villains”

Queens Of The Stone Age long ago moved beyond the stoner rock that head Queen Josh Homme originated in Kyuss,

November 8, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Homeless Gospel Choir’s “The Homeless Gospel Choir Presents: Normal”

Pittsburgh’s Derek Vanetti is the songwriter, guitar player and frontman of this secular choir, a preacher with a message that

November 5, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: ESG’s “Keep On Moving”

Long before LCD Soundsystem and the DFA label’s bard of spindly soul, the Scroggins (Val, Renee, Marie) and Leroy Glover

November 4, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Mogwai’s “Every Country’s Sun”

Every band believes it’s special and unique. Even those ruffians butchering Pantera covers at your local health-code disaster masquerading as

November 2, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Deer Tick’s “Deer Tick Vol. 1” And “Deer Tick Vol. 2”

Deer Tick has always unapologetically traded on its dichotomy. In the studio, John McCauley’s gently introspective indie folk/rock collective reflected

October 31, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Essential New Music: Dent May’s “Across The Multiverse”

If Brian Wilson penned teenage symphonies to God, Mississippi marvel Dent May writes cosmic anthems for the Snapchat age. The

October 29, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC