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Best Of 2013, Guest Editors: Fitz And The Tantrums On Millennium

As 2013 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors.

Fitz&TheTantrumsLogoIn 2010, Fitz And The Tantrums made their debut album with Pickin’ Up The Pieces. Whether the modern R&B album went triple platinum is inconsequential. Storming songs like “MoneyGrabber” put the band on Leno, Kimmel and Conan, and the soulful sound and fashion-forward sight of singer/songwriter Michael Fitzpatrick—with backing vocalist pal Noelle Scaggs and Fitz’s four additional members—made them suddenly ubiquitous. Along with that televised attention came constant touring. Nothing wrong with that. They sound like a tantrum, and their contemporary raw mix of Stax and Motown—with Fitzpatrick’s powerfully emotive vocals before it—was something to see. Now, they’re dropping their second album, More Than Just A Dream (Elektra), and the whole affair sounds as fast and hard as their live shows, with an odd electronic sheen to the proceedings. Fitzpatrick and Scaggs will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent Q&A with Fitzpatrick.

Millenium

Noelle: I just had my first truly vegan cuisine experience in San Francisco recently. I never thought of anything vegan as being something that had flavor and didn’t just involve soy. I was proven completely wrong, and Millennium has changed my perspective on how vegan can be a satisfying fine-dining experience.

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