10 New Albums You Need to Hear in August
Early in the week it was books, and today we’re looking at August’s album release schedule in search of the best new music to be had this month. And music lovers will be happy to know that August is...
View ArticleThe 20 Best Debut Albums of 2011
It’s like clockwork. At this time of year, at least one friend who’s stopped paying attention to music climbs on his/her soapbox to proclaim that there are no good new bands any more, and that music’s...
View Article10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Mogwai, Lost Animal, Clinic
It’s Friday, which means that our head hurts after going to the listening session for the amazing new Scott Walker album at the McKittrick Hotel last night — and also that it’s time for another...
View ArticleOur 15 Most Anticipated Albums of 2013
So Christmas is done with for another year, which means that today is all about hangovers, indigestion and looking forward to 2013. We have good vibes in general about the year to come, and we’re...
View ArticleThe 10 Albums You Need to Hear in January
With the end of the long, strange trip that was 2012 almost upon us, it’s time to turn our attention to the year to come. January has historically been a bit of a fallow month for album releases, but...
View Article10 New Tracks You Need to Hear This Week: David Bowie, Suede
It’s Friday, which means that, yes, it’s time for us to round up the 10 most noteworthy tracks of the week that’s gone by for your listening — and, ideally, downloading — pleasure. It’s been a pretty...
View ArticleA Selection of New Bands for People Stuck in the '90s
One of the more chastening aspects of getting older is watching the creeping advent of cultural conservatism laying its clammy hands on your generational contemporaries. We warned against the dangers...
View ArticleThe 10 Best New Songs We Heard This Week: of Montreal, Julia Holter
It’s Friday, which means that it’s time to look back at the best new music we’ve heard over the last few days. This week has featured the return of Kevin Barnes and his merry of Montreal types, along...
View ArticleThe 5 Best New Songs We Heard This Week: Lauryn Hill, Dean Wareham
An abridged version of our best new songs this week, because the world is a cold, harsh place wherein there is no love and no God. But never fear, because the incendiary new track from Lauryn Hill is...
View ArticleThe 5 Best New Songs We Heard This Week: Widowspeak, The Weeknd
It’s hot and I’m sick of arguing over would-be Songs of the Summer, so here are a few dreamy and/or funky tracks that were on repeat for me this week. Widowspeak — “Girls” “I’ve seen girls younger than...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Four Tet, Jay Rock
Apart from an actual new Dr. Dre album, which you can read all about here, there’s a heap of other good new hip hop this week — along with some glistening electronic sounds and one very pretty...
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