Magnet Magazine

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

If you set about explaining Die Enttäuschung in its native language, you might fairly plead, “Es ist kompliziert.” Not because

“It’s a dance song for reluctant wallflowers.” That’s how Children’s Hour cofounder Andy Bar neatly sums up “Dance With Me,”

As we’ve noted before, Cheryl Gelover and Tom Murray of Tulipomania take their videos as seriously as they do their

For Sarah Jarosz, it had to be validating to earn a Grammy Award (her fourth overall) for 2020’s World On

Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal made 1993’s The Wheel when they were first falling for one another, so it’s no

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Elena Setién started making her last album, Unfamiliar Minds, just as COVID shut things down, and the stuckness of that time manifested

Comparison is the death of joy, and it has little place in the pop marketplace. Yet, in considering the value

Trust us—if you ever need a ride anywhere, you want Amelia White behind the wheel. The beloved East Nashville fixture

“When I wrote it, I was listening to a lot of Eric Clapton’s Slowhand,” says Dan Forsyth of Driftwood’s new single,

If you’re compiling a time-to-get-acquainted-with list of the best albums you missed in 2023, you need to not only add

Mariano Rodriguez is a far-southern representative of the Takoma school of acoustic-guitar playing. Based in Bariloche, Argentina, he’s been recording

Black Pumas and Digable Planets at the Fillmore, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Digable Planets

Though Mitch Easter couldn’t make it to the Sneakers reunion at 118 North—family emergency—it was still worth the drive out

Oliver Tree at the Met, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck.

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Tish Melton notes that her debut EP has been “years in the making.” Keeping in mind, of course, that’s she’s

I Will Never Let You Down, Marcellus Hall’s third solo album (out February 9 via Gutfeeling), was five years in

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Tool at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Some albums are like photo portraits, artfully arranged to catch their good side from the right angle and retouched so

Anyone with kids has likely had to modify their take on heroism at some point. “I’m kind of troubled by

Kane Strang is all for moving forward, though he admits that looking back can make great fodder for songs. “Certain