Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Opeth’s “Sorceress”
Prog rock has always been in the DNA of Swedish metallurgists Opeth, but a funny thing happened a few records
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Essential New Music: Neurosis’ “Fires Within Fires”
The return of Neurosis to the world’s release bins almost always coincides with commentary that apparently mines thesauruses for grandiose
Essential New Music: The Afghan Whigs’ “Black Love”
He was the Superman Lover of the indie scene, he kept his mirror clean, he was the best faux-Satan that
Essential New Music: Randy Newman’s “The Randy Newman Songbook”
In 2003, Randy Newman began re-recording, solo and at the piano, a selection of songs from throughout his nearly 50-year
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Essential New Music: Conor Oberst’s “Ruminations”
Ruminations is Conor Oberst’s Nebraska: It’s a set of stripped-down solo recordings, mostly just piano, harmonica and Oberst’s rough poetry,
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Essential New Music: The Shaggs’ “Philosophy Of The World”
It’s hard to overstate the awfulness of 1969’s Philosophy Of The World. The guitars are jarringly out of tune, the
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Essential New Music: Mekons’ “Existentialism” And Chivalrous Amoekons’ “Fanatic Voyage”
Almost 40 years after forming in Leeds, the Mekons have yet to take the easy route. Existentialism is a live
R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
Essential New Music: Scott & Charlene’s Wedding’s “Mid Thirties Single Scene”
As befits a band named after a long-running soap, things don’t change very quickly in the world depicted by Scott
