Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Lou Reed’s “The RCA & Arista Albums Collection”

The blah title; the none-more-black box; it ain’t sexy, but it’s a stark answer to a serious question: How to

November 10, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

For someone who worshipped at the Altar of Pixies for much of the ’90s (c’mon pilgrim, let’s start any/all conversations

November 8, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Try as she might—and she’s tried mighty hard—Norah Jones will forever be associated with tepid coffee-shop jazz, the sort of

November 3, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Named for a track cut in 1974 that remained in the vaults until the early ’90s, Parlophone’s second multi-disc summary

November 1, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Northern Irish musician Neil Hannon has recorded under the name the Divine Comedy since 1990. For most of that time,

October 30, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The railroad looms large in America’s history and mythology alike and makes a rich, fitting subject for these two veteran

October 30, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Fans looking for “Far From Any Road,” the song the Handsomes contributed to the soundtrack of HBO’s True Detective, won’t

October 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If Dungeonesse offered a lightweight (albeit inspired) sparkle of dance-pop dress-up, and Wye Oak’s Shriek was a satisfying but largely

October 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania