HalfJapanese

Essential New Music: Half Japanese’s “Volume 3, 1990-1995”

Rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t get any better than this. Period. These three albums—1990’s We Are They Who Ache With Amorous
LowCutConnie

Essential New Music: Low Cut Connie’s “Hi Honey”

Even when a mere year separated the release of Low Cut Connie’s second album from its first, the energetic combo
Mew

Essential New Music: Mew’s “+ -“

Since 1994, the Danish indie rockers in Mew have found interesting and engaging ways to bend progressive rock into exotic

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Prurient

Essential New Music: Prurient’s “Frozen Niagara Falls”

In an about-face to the insular world of American noise music, which he’d been the preeminent voice of for nearly

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Wire

Record Review: Wire’s “Wire”

A curiously self-titled Wire album betrays a lack of new ideas When a band names its debut after itself, the
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Essential New Music: Red House Painters’ “Red House Painters”

Essential New Music: Red House Painters’ “Red House Painters”

“So much that I can’t say to you,” Mark Kozelek croons on “Drop,” a raw, ethereal epic toward the end
Essential New Music: Metz's "II"

Essential New Music: Metz’s “II”

Metz spent five years solidifying a reputation as a must-see live band before it ever got around to releasing a
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SpeedyOrtiz

Essential New Music: Speedy Ortiz’s “Foil Deer”

With Foil Deer, Speedy Ortiz fully owns its style, quirks and neuroses on a level that would have been unimaginable
Squarepusher

Essential New Music: Squarepusher’s “Damogen Furies”

Recent chatter around the water cooler concerns the strides Tom Jenkinson has taken toward injecting harsher, more aggressive elements into
TurboFruits

Essential New Music: Turbo Fruits’ “No Control”

For a band that titles its album No Control, Turbo Fruits really seem to have their shit together. We’re loath
Replacements

Record Review: The Replacements’ “The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990”

The Replacements’ studio output illustrates that the Minnesota legends were at their best together If your dictionary had really good
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Essential New Music: Blur's "The Magic Whip"

Essential New Music: Blur’s “The Magic Whip”

This really could not have gone better. Simply stated, The Magic Whip has all the hallmarks of Blur’s best work—bursting
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania