Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Banks & Steelz’s “Anything But Words”

Ever since Steven Tyler and Joe Perry got together with Run-DMC for a raucous rap/rock attack on Aerosmith’s “Walk This

September 27, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Tom Brosseau’s unique tenor is instantly recognizable, and it imbues his songs with a palpable feeling of loss, regret and

September 25, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Carl Broemel has been Jim James’ guitar-jam foil in My Morning Jacket since 2004, and his third solo effort will

September 25, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Warmth Equation, like all of Caroline White’s work, is heavy, weighed down, even difficult to process. The sound of Infinity

September 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Seeing as how three of the four members of the Allah-Las met while working at the record store mecca that

September 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There was a collective gasp at Wye Oak’s decision to put Plinko synths where Jenn Wasner’s reciprocating-saw guitar had been—it’s

September 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Despite creating one of the best albums of 1994, Teenage Symphonies To God, and scoring a deal with Sony, Velvet

September 20, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Out of the gate, nitpickers will notice this Oxford, England, band shucking the This Town Needs Guns moniker for its

September 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC