Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Tom Verlaine (Television). R.I.P. Sleep light on these shores tonight. Read East River Pipe in MAGNET on Verlaine:

Happy birthday Taylor Swift. If this is the long haul, how’d we get here so soon?

Happy birthday Rob Tyner (MC5). The real McCoy. Read Marshall Crenshaw in MAGNET on Tyner: Marshall Crenshaw’s Usual Things: The

40 years ago today, the Fall released Perverted By Language. Brix and mortar. Read our review of the band’s essential

Happy birthday Frank Sinatra. We'll be seeing you.

Happy 60th birthday Jon Brion. Don’t ruin your day. Read Elizabeth And The Catapult in MAGNET on Brion’s score to

Happy 85th birthday McCoy Tyner. R.I.P. On the piano, from Philadelphia … Read John Davis (Superdrag, Lees Of Memory) in

Happy birthday Alun Woodward (Delgados, Chemikal Underground Records). Hate is all you need. Read our Delgados tour diary from 2003:

Happy birthday Darryl Jones (Rolling Stones). “And don't forget Darryl Jones.” —Titus Andronicus. Read our Stones live review from 2019:

Happy birthday Justin Currie (Del Amitri). Don't be a man with nothing to do. Read our Q&A with him: A

Happy birthday J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr, Sweet Apple). Free so free. Cover photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov. Read our

50 years ago today, CBGB opened. 33 years, 50,000 bands and two legendarily disgusting bathrooms later, sadly, it closed. Rest

Happy birthday Meg White (White Stripes). Have a party of special things to do. White Stripes photo for MAGNET by

Happy 55th birthday Joey Burns (Calexico). Here’s a little gift from us to you. Watch our MAGNET television episode with