Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

10 years ago today, White Lies released Big TV. Got nothing but time. Read our Q&A with them: A Conversation

Happy 60th birthday Sir Mix-A-Lot. We hope your cake is round and big and a juicy double. Read our classic

Happy birthday Pat Metheny. Time goes on. Read Petra Haden in MAGNET on Pat: Petra Haden Thinks You Feel Right:

Happy birthday Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service). Stay young, go dancing. Photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov.

Happy birthday Andy Bell (Ride, Oasis, Hurricane No.1). Keep the dream alive. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Bell: MAGNET

Happy birthday Bob Mothersbaugh (Devo). All grown up! Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Freedom Of Choice: MAGNET

25 years ago today, Liz Phair released whitechocolatespaceegg. Baby got going ... with R.E.M. Read our Phair live review from

Happy 55th birthday Charlie Sexton (Bob Dylan). Don’t look back. Read in MAGNET about recent Sexton collaborations with Fastball and

Happy birthday Eric Carmen (Raspberries). Here’s hoping you don’t spend it all by yourself. Read our history of ’70s American

Happy birthday Joe Jackson. You can't get what you want till you know what you want. Read the Minders in

Happy 80th birthday Ronnie Spector (Ronettes). R.I.P. Be our little baby. Read our Ronnie-related Basement Vapes column: The Basement Vapes,

25 years ago today, Graham Coxon released debut album The Sky Is Too High. Read our live review of the

Happy birthday Leo Fender (Fender Musical Instruments). Everything our (grand)parents hated about rock ’n’ roll: Fender, Fender, Fender. Read the

30 years ago today, the Ocean Blue released Beneath The Rhythm And Sound. Don’t believe everything you hear. Read our