Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Dirty Three’s “Love Changes Everything”
Love Changes Everything. Who is the recipient of that titular sentiment, and who is doing the loving? Given that this
Essential New Music: Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker’s “WEBO”
Milford Graves never seemed to be that worried about making records. An early run of recordings for ESP-Disk in the
Essential New Music: Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz’s “Morning Improvisations, Evening Abstractions”
One mark of artists is that when they get really good at something, they change things up. It’s hard to
Essential New Music: The Handover’s “The Handover”
The Handover suggests something transactional. But the sound and the effect of the music created by oudist Aly Eissa, violinist
Essential New Music: Bitter Wish’s “Candle Finger”
Based on the evidence of issued recordings, Bardo Pond seems to have ceased making music. While archival releases continue to
Essential New Music: Mountain Movers’ “Walking After Dark”
Walking After Dark picks up right where its predecessor, World What World, left off in 2021. At the time, things didn’t look so
Essential New Music: Antietam’s “Pitch & Yaw”
Punk has meant a lot of things to a lot of people. For Antietam, the New York-based, Louisville-bred trio of
















