Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Natural Child’s “Okey Dokey”

For a laid-back bunch that never seems like they’re in much of a hurry to get anywhere, these Nashville cats

October 8, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

By the time you make your way through their considerable bona fides—“Happy Together,” “Elenore,” five albums as members of Zappa’s

October 6, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Instinct, the last Moles record, came out in 1994. Since then, Richard Davies has released three albums under his own

October 4, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Martin Phillipps has been banging about with some semblance of the Chills for more than 30 years now; the latest

October 2, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Tim Burgess uses his time away from the Charlatans to collaborate and experiment. In 2012, he teamed with Kurt Wagner

October 2, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Loren Connors has recorded many guitar duets, but he’s never played with anyone like Tom Carter, who’s best known as

October 1, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Seven albums deep, North Carolina band Chatham County Line has pretty much figured things out. It’s been years since the

October 1, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Shape Shift With Me is an angry breakup record, full of fuck-yous to exes. It’s a roaring punk-rock record. It’s

September 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania