| MAGNET Contest: This one is actually hard (we think) and exceedingly stupid (we know). In order to win a novelty pirate eyepatch and fake moustache (along with other prizes - see below), consider the following: If a band/artist were a pirate, what would their pirate name be?
For example:
Howlin’ Pegleg Almqvist (the guy from the Hives)
Haarrrr! Maaarrrr! Superstaaarrrr!
Arrrge! Overkill (the “arrr!” thing is totally fair game)
Jolly Roger Daltrey (lame, but proof of how difficult this contest is.)
Bonnie Prince Billy (oh, wait.)
Five winners will be selected based on the following criteria for entries: saltiness, scurviness, bloodiness and the ineluctable “arrr!” factor. All winners will receive selections from MAGNET’s Prize Closet: CDs, music DVDs, autographed posters by the likes of Cat (O’ Nine Tails) Power and other assorted items. Only the grand-prize winner will receive the eyepatch and moustache.
Rules:
You may enter as many names as you wish, but you must include all entries in one e-mail.
E-mail your entry to newsletter@magnetmagazine.com (scallywags: hit “reply”).
All entries due by Friday, Feb. 13.
There are no rules. Pirates don’t follow rules.
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INSIDE MAGNET #63 (MAY/JUNE) - OUT SOON!
COVER STORY: THE STROKES
You can only be a hot new band for so long, and then you have settle for being a really good band that’s a bit older and wiser. This was figured out over the course of a week in New York with the regular guys in the Strokes. Actually, that revelation only took a couple of minutes, and the rest of the time was spent playing video golf and eating chocolate donuts. Sorry.
FEATURES
The troubles and truths behind MODEST MOUSE; working artist Kurt Wagner and his gentle-behemoth band known as LAMBCHOP; and MAGNET offers five profiles in American sonic realism: IRON & WINE, JOLIE HOLLAND, SIMON JOYNER, SHANNON WRIGHT and JASON MOLINA.
PLUS
Articles on bands renowned for their hotness and/or newness: Blonde Redhead, Tortoise, Franz Ferdinand, Magnetic Fields, Pedro The Lion, Walkmen, Pelican, Ambulance Ltd, Brando and others. Also, a conversation with Mo’ Wax founder James Lavelle; a Handsome Family tour diary; a Scott McCaughey career overview; and Shellac’s Bob Weston test-drives Apple’s GarageBand program.
REVIEWS
New releases from Devendra Banhart, Belle And Sebastian, Beta Band, Black Heart Procession, Butchies, Calexico, cLOUDDEAD, Coral, Decemberists, Destroyer, Einstürzende Neubauten, Elf Power, Get Up Kids, Ghost, Sondre Lerche, Mountain Goats, Will Oldham, Grant-Lee Phillips, Probot, Starflyer 59, Stereolab, Streets, Von Bondies and more.
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NEW AT MAGNETMAGAZINE.COM
Live review of the Pixies’ first reunion show in Minneapolis!
New Q&As: Blonde Redhead, Ghost, Scott McCaughey
Plus: new album reviews, live reviews, exclusive photos and staff picks.
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