Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Guitarist Dennis Coffey was a fixture of the Detroit music scene in the 1960s and 1970s. Boasting a fleet, dexterous

Out of the lengthy list of Robert Pollard’s Guided By Voices conspirators/collaborators, Tobin Sprout may well be the closest to

Japandroids—the wide-eyed, heart-sleeved, gloriously unreconstructed rockers whose last album (way back in 2012) bore the self-explanatory title Celebration Rock—probably aren’t

The modern vocal frippery of Theo Bleckmann is nearly unparalleled in its beautiful, bountiful oddity. Whether pasted before wonky wallpaper

The Godfathers were needed when they strutted outta late-’80s London with guitars set on stun, their hearts full of napalm.

Tim Kinsella-helmed collective Joan Of Arc is one of indie/art rock’s oddest success stories, a 21-year-long recording/performance project that’s produced

This Tommy Stinson-fronted outfit’s only previous record, 1993’s Friday Night Is Killing Me, was generally well-received, if not a big

Will Kimbrough is a journeyman guitarist and songwriter with countless solo and collaborative credits to his name. Acclaimed vocalist Brigitte