Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The xx’s “I See You”

On its second album, 2012’s Coexist, the xx doubled down on the minimalist aesthetic that made its debut an instant

February 14, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If there’s one thing that immediately stands out in Austra’s music, it’s the rafter-raising voice of leader Katie Stelmanis. As

February 12, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Whores’ first full-length comes charging right out of the gate and doesn’t let up. Call it angular hard metal largely

February 11, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Revival, Gillian Welch’s 1996 debut, is a cornerstone of Americana, or alt-country as it was called at the time. It

February 10, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If you’re looking for the meltingly hot wall of sound that California garage-rock champions Thee Oh Sees are known for

February 9, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

A Hand Through The Cellar Door finds Luke Temple stripping down his performance to the bare minimum. Subtle acoustic bass,

February 7, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

The debut solo outing from the lesser-known half of the wildly underrated 2 Bears (alongside Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard) is

February 5, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC