Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: R.L. Boyce’s “Roll And Tumble”

Como, Miss.’s R.L. Boyce delivers in droves with “the most important, honest to God Hill Country blues record made since

February 10, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

To not hear King Khan belting witty lyrics over perfectly trashy R&B, either with nine-piece gang the Shrines or laying

February 8, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Cosmic Troubles, the 2015 debut from this Edmonton two-piece, charmed and arrested with its airy, ’60s-indebted jangle, casually perfect guitar

February 8, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

For a prolific musical project with nearly as many compilations as official releases, it makes sense that the Jazz Butcher—a.k.a.

February 6, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Attempting to pin down the last decade of peerless music of ineffable inspiration and sound that has arrived behind the

February 6, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Although it fit in with woozy, beloved contemporaries such as Grandaddy’s Sumday and Sparklehorse’s It’s A Wonderful Life, Flotation Toy

February 4, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC