Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Guided By Voices’ “How Do You Spell Heaven”

Robert Pollard (high)kicks off his 101st full-length record—Guided By Voices’ 32-track, double-LP monolith August By Cake, released earlier this year,

October 17, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Mineral Girls’ “This Is The Last Time Every Time”

There’s a portion of music about 10 minutes into the new Mineral Girls album that kind of locks in the

October 15, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer’s “Not Dark Yet”

While Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer haven’t exactly been strangers—they’ve shared stages and haunted each other’s songs—the sisters’ solo careers

October 15, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Fumio Miyashita’s “Live On The Boffomundo Show”

Do a web search for The Boffomundo Show and you’ll find yourself tempted by a rabbit hole deep enough to

October 14, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Brian Eno’s “Here Come The Warm Jets,” “Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy),” “Another Green World” And “Before And After Science”

With the cheerful absurdity of Here Come The Warm Jets and the harrowing, avant-glam pop of Taking Tiger Mountain (By

October 12, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Iron & Wine’s “Beast Epic”

With 2011’s Kiss Each Other Clean and 2013’s Ghost On Ghost, Iron & Wine albums seemed to be on an

October 10, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s “Barefoot In The Head”

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood doesn’t get enough respect. Vocalist/bandleader Robinson is still distancing himself from the legacy of his old

October 8, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania