Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Anders Parker’s “The Man Who Fell From Earth”

Anders Parker has worked in every conceivable context—Space Needle, Varnaline, Gob Iron with Jay Farrar, his broadly varied solo output—but

On its first two records, White Reaper’s garage punk garnered comparisons to Ty Segall and Jay Reatard, but those really

The first decade of this century found the Old 97’s getting a little complacent. It’s not that competent efforts like

The headline for Whiteout Conditions, the New Pornographers’ latest triumph, isn’t necessarily that the adrenalized Canadian septet has crafted its

After several successful albums that leaned more toward the rock side of the country-rock equation, Seattle songwriter (and former drummer)

Every time Diamanda Galás sings, it feels like something bad is going to happen. Whether it be her originals or

To turn an axiom on its head, Anjou knows its history and is not repeating it. Robert Donne and Mark

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania