Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Love If Possible”

Knowing that a musician spent more than two decades in a band is a good way of telling that they

A darkness pervades John Paul Pitts’ lyrics on Snowdonia, the first Surfer Blood album since the death, by cancer, of

Tim Showalter wants you to know how much he loves rock ’n’ roll. He’s as enraptured by the life-affirming powers

There are two kinds of Sadies on Northern Passages—one group making spacey, airy country/folk rock that sounds like it could’ve

Matthew Shipp’s music cycles like the seasons, and death and rebirth are part of the program. Piano Song is his

Chuck Prophet’s albums are noted for their literary lyrics, foreboding melodies and his ironic outlook. As if to underscore that

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Across three vinyl LPs, the tech-heavy work of stonily cool singer Philip Oakey and a handful of knob twiddlers, drum

Fifty years after recording his first ambient piece—an art-school lampshade spinning at quarter speed—Brian Eno is still trying to capture