Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Sondre Lerche’s “Pleasure”

For more than a decade, Norwegian-turned-New-Yorker Sondre Lerche explored confessional singer/songwriter reveries, Burt Bacharach-tinted chamber pop and the kitchen-sink gamut

June 2, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Jesus And Mary Chain’s “Damage And Joy”

Since 1992’s Honey’s Dead, the Jesus And Mary Chain’s records have followed a certain formula: Waves of corrosive guitar distortion

June 1, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Coco Hames’ “Coco Hames”

After a decade of fronting the Ettes, and a little time filling in for Neko Case in the New Pornographers,

May 31, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

May 30, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

May 30, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

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:

May 29, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

May 28, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC