Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Flatfoot 56’s “Odd Boat”

Chicago’s Flatfoot 56 continues to defy odds. For 17 years, the band has thrived playing faith- based, traditional, instrument-accented Celtic

Arto Lindsay sings in a delicate, narrow range inspired by Caetano Veloso, João Gilberto and other Tropicália stars he heard

What an odd, creakily compelling record this is. Irish new-folk singer Fionn Regan, heretofore largely content to work in acoustic-guitar-and-voice

Onstage, Mac DeMarco is a goofball imp, good-natured if slightly asinine; on record, he’s a serene, sincere, soft-pop balladeer. Those

In 2006, Canadian Elizabeth Powell transitioned from pretty pop solo project Ele_K* to anthemic riot grrrl-tinged Land Of Talk, cranking

There was a time when Juliana Hatfield played coy, but the toxic muse behind Pussycat’s bittersweet melodies and crunchy guitar

Like their instro-rock forefathers the Ventures, Nashville’s Los Straitjackets have never shied away from a good gimmick. The guys wear

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania