Normal History Vol. 811: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 811: The Art Of David Lester

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Starcrawler's "Learn To Say Goodbye" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Starcrawler’s “Learn To Say Goodbye” Video

Arrow de Wilde certainly has the pedigree for the occupation she chose quite early on. The daughter of photographer/filmmaker Autumn
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Justin Webb & The Noise's "A Rose To Chew On" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Justin Webb & The Noise’s “A Rose To Chew On” Video

Justin Webb & The Noise may be feeding off the same influences—the Clash, Oasis, the Strokes—that shaped their previous Nashville
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Essential New Music: Stefan Christensen's "In Time"

Essential New Music: Stefan Christensen’s “In Time”

It’s time, quite literally, for Stefan Christensen to come clean. Previous recordings by the denizen of New Haven, Conn., have
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Live Review: Oceans Calling Festival 2024

Live Review: Oceans Calling Festival 2024

In only its second year, Oceans Calling Festival in Ocean City, Md., sold out within weeks of tickets going on
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Five Questions With Kate Pierson (B-52s)

Five Questions With Kate Pierson (B-52s)

Though we fell deeply in love with Kate Pierson in 1976 as a co-founder of the B-52s and their uneasily
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A Conversation With John Davis (Superdrag)

A Conversation With John Davis (Superdrag)

Although JINX (Lost In Ohio) was never officially announced as such (at least not with any specifics like a release
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Normal History Vol. 810: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 810: The Art Of David Lester

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Davenports' "When Everything's Over"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Davenports’ “When Everything’s Over”

Like so many songs before and since, the Davenports’ “When Everything’s Over” began with a conversation. “The idea came from
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Essential New Music: BASIC's This Is BASIC

Essential New Music: BASIC’s This Is BASIC

BASIC began when Philadelphians Chris Forsyth and Nick Millevoi spent some of their COVID downtime talking about records. Among their
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An AmericanaFest 2024 Six-Pack: Robert Earl Keen, Wyatt Ellis, Jana Mila, Swamp Dogg, Paisley Fields and Crys Matthews

An AmericanaFest 2024 Six-Pack: Robert Earl Keen, Wyatt Ellis, Jana Mila, Swamp Dogg, Paisley Fields and Crys Matthews

This year’s AmericanaFest was the hottest in recent memory, with daytime temps reaching the 90s and cloud cover hard to
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of George Alley's "King In Town" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of George Alley’s “King In Town” Video

Producer Ian Romer walked into George Alley’s Philadelphia apartment one day and found him sitting at his baby grand piano.
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Glosser's "Angel Dust" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Glosser’s “Angel Dust” Video

If a 21st-century night in the city had an official Gen Z playlist, Glosser’s “Angel Dust” would easily make the
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Five Questions With Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman)

Five Questions With Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman)

A classically trained violinist turned genre-spanning enigma, Joan Wasser spent the ’90s immersed in the indie-rock world, performing with Mind
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Live Review: Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 21, 2024

Live Review: Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 21, 2024

If you’re trying to remember what happened between Jeff Lynne and his earliest partners in the classic-ized Electric Light Orchestra—itself
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MAGNET Exclusive: Office Dog Goes Track By Track On "Doggerland"

MAGNET Exclusive: Office Dog Goes Track By Track On “Doggerland”

Office Dog’s dynamic, guitar-driven indie rock takes a subtle and textured turn on Doggerland (New West/Flying Nun). So much more
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Live Review: John Cooper Clarke, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 20, 2024

Live Review: John Cooper Clarke, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 20, 2024

Reviewing a poet, even one as slippery, speedy and beloved as Dr. John Cooper Clarke, is no easy feat. Like
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PJ Harvey At Terminal 5, New York City

PJ Harvey At Terminal 5, New York City

PJ Harvey at Terminal 5, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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Normal History Vol. 809: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 809: The Art Of David Lester

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
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Live Review: The National, The War On Drugs, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 17, 2024

Live Review: The National, The War On Drugs, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 17, 2024

“The Zen Diagrams Tour” is the official designation for the co-headlining pairing of the War On Drugs and the National,
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Brie Stoner's "Like A Man" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Brie Stoner’s “Like A Man” Video

With its soothing SoCal groove, “Like A Man” is Brie Stoner’s unhurried pep talk for all the “creative, busy, driven
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Buddy Miller's "Fired Again" (Tribute To Don Heffington)

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Buddy Miller’s “Fired Again” (Tribute To Don Heffington)

Buddy Miller first met the late Don Heffington in the 1980s through Victoria Williams. “He became my favorite drummer and
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Sunnsetter's "Fear It Comes In Waves" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Sunnsetter’s “Fear It Comes In Waves” Video

“Fear It Comes In Waves” is a product of Andrew McLeod’s infatuation with Philadelphia’s shoegaze scene. “To take myself out
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Live Review: Kneecap, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 18, 2024

Live Review: Kneecap, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 18, 2024

In August, my mother and I explored our ancestral roots during a day tour across the country of Ireland. As
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of JD McPherson's "Just Like Summer"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of JD McPherson’s “Just Like Summer”

There’s another version of Nite Owls kicking around somewhere. JD McPherson recorded it in Los Angeles several years ago, and
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