Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Drive-By Truckers’ “American Band”

The differences between Drive-By Truckers albums are incremental rather than seismic. You know you’ll get well-written narratives from singer/songwriter/guitarists Patterson

October 26, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Monochrome Set’s “Cosmonaut”

Stateside fanfare for the Monochrome Set has never been especially rabid, but when the British post-punk O.G.s made a comeback

October 23, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Blackberry Smoke’s “Like An Arrow”

Southern-rock stylists Blackberry Smoke aren’t patronizing bro-country dudes stumping for radio airplay. They’re smart, good ol’ boys playing classic music

October 23, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Connells’ “Stone Cold Yesterday: Best Of The Connells”

If there was ever a poster band for the college-rock aesthetic, it’s the Connells—if only for the fact that they

October 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Bevis Frond’s “It Just Is,” “Sprawl” And “Superseeder”

Three mid-period albums from U.K. psych/pop grey eminence Nick Saloman get the deluxe reissue treatment in two-LP/two-CD packaging. Salomon released

October 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Trentemøller’s “Fixion”

Danish producer/DJ Anders Trentemøller has gone from strength to strength since The Last Resort, his visionary 2006 debut record. In

October 20, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Essential New Music: Dex Romweber’s “Carrboro”

In the decades since he made his name with cult-famous rockabilly revivalists Flat Duo Jets, Dex Romweber has remained a

October 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Wrekmeister Harmonies’ “Light Falls”

Considering the depth of concept that J.R. Robinson applies to his epic-length Wrekmeister Harmonies compositions, the fact that Light Falls

October 16, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC