Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
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Essential New Music: Ha Ha Tonka’s “Heart-Shaped Mountain”
Music journalists like to ask unanswerable questions, and one of the most popular queries in our stringbag briefcases is, “Why
Essential New Music: The Shins’ “Heartworms”
James Mercer has always been something of an old soul. On the Shins’ immortal 2001 debut Oh, Inverted World, he
Essential New Music: Craig Finn’s “We All Want The Same Thing”
Craig Finn’s writing style is vivid, character-driven and aphoristic. It’s what’s made the Hold Steady so rewarding over the years:
Essential New Music: Paul Weller’s “Jawbone: Music From The Film”
He’s now well into his fourth decade as a recording artist, yet the Modfather shows no sign of resting upon
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Essential New Music: I Am The Polish Army’s “My Old Man”
For the last decade, singer/guitarist Emma DeCorsey has lived the rock ’n’ roll life, with all its giddy highs and
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
Essential New Music: British Sea Power’s “Let The Dancers Inherit The Party”
England’s British Sea Power has been cranking out anthemic alt-rock since the turn of the century with consistent if somewhat
Essential New Music: The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Don’t Get Lost”
As if its perpetual revolving door of membership weren’t confusing enough, on album number 16, Brian Jonestown Massacre main man
Essential New Music: Bardo Pond’s “Under The Pines”
Since its classic psych-sludge/noise-gaze debut, Bufo Alvarius, appeared in 1995, Bardo Pond has stood out in its oversaturated corner of
