Category: RECORD REVIEWS
Essential New Music: Kinski’s “7 (Or 8)”
Continuing their film-buff aesthetic (band moniker plus the director their side project Herzog is named for—look it up if necessary)
Essential New Music: Jim O’Rourke’s “Simple Songs”
It’s not as if Jim O’Rourke made easily digestible vocal records when he was part of the indie-avant pop milieu
Essential New Music: Mates Of State’s “You’re Going To Make It”
The pleasantly cacophonous joy of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel is the unpredictable blessing and occasional curse of Mates Of
Essential New Music: Evan Caminiti’s “Meridian”
Evan Caminiti’s main gig is Barn Owl, a duo in which he helps concoct desert-scorched drones that are pierced by
Essential New Music: Major Lazer’s “Peace Is The Mission”
With the promise of several new Major Lazer albums immediately following this, Peace Is The Mission is an opening salvo
Essential New Music: Joanna Gruesome’s “Peanut Butter”
The Welsh quintet’s second release goes down as easy as a mixtape on a ’90s spring day. Clocking in at

















