Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

As album titles go, The Day They Let You Out Is The Day They Might Not Let You Come Back

In medieval times, mapmakers had to deal with the unknown. The phrase “Hic sunt leones” (“Here be lions”), often accompanied

Nashville self-proclaimed power duo (wish I’d thought of that first) the Minor Toughs—Ryan Ervin (vocals, guitars, etc.) and Andy Snyder

New moons don’t cast much light, and this recording begins in near nothingness. Spare, reverberant guitar notes gradually materialize, slowly

Despite bearing a name pertaining to the sense of touch, Haptic’s music has long hovered at the threshold of insubstantiality.

Open Form For Society II is the third instalment in German drummer Christian Lillinger’s proposal to reform social discourse. (Live

22 years ago, Nashville’s Sam Powers (briefly in Superdrag and who played bass with Guided By Voices on the band’s

If you’re looking for some noir jazz fit to soundtrack a mid-20th-century crime flick, keep looking. Selections From The Gutter

If you have to review Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings in five words or less, you can’t beat the title. Its

If you’re going to play space-oriented rock, Kohoutek might tell you, don’t mess around. The Philadelphia-based ensemble, whose membership orbits

With its images of yachts, socialites in sun hats and musicians performing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, the 1959