MAGNET Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Pernice Brothers' "Overcome By Happiness"

MAGNET Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Pernice Brothers’ “Overcome By Happiness”

Longtime MAGNET contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine over the years,
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MAGNET Exclusive: "Karen" Excerpt From "Thank You For A Lovely Day: 11 The Go-Betweens Songcomics"

MAGNET Exclusive: “Karen” Excerpt From “Thank You For A Lovely Day: 11 The Go-Betweens Songcomics”

If you have spent any time reading MAGNET over the past three decades, you know about our obsession with the
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Grace Jones At Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City

Grace Jones At Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City

Grace Jones at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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Normal History Vol. 741: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 741: 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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Essential New Music: Sharron Kraus' "KIN"

Essential New Music: Sharron Kraus’ “KIN”

When the stages went quiet, no one artist was better equipped to handle the pandemic than Sharron Kraus. Her songwriting
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Live Review: The Cure, Mountain View, CA, May 29, 2023

Live Review: The Cure, Mountain View, CA, May 29, 2023

Thirty-one years is a very long time between life events. Bush the first was still president, and Bill Clinton was
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Live Review: Le Tigre, Shamir, Philadelphia, PA, May 27, 2023

Live Review: Le Tigre, Shamir, Philadelphia, PA, May 27, 2023

More than 18 long years since Le Tigre last played Philly (and just seven weeks after Kathleen Hanna came through
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A Conversation With Robert Ellis

A Conversation With Robert Ellis

For a guy who’s supposedly dropped off the radar, Robert Ellis has been awfully occupied of late. Born and raised
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The National And Soccer Mommy At The Anthem, Washington, D.C.

The National And Soccer Mommy At The Anthem, Washington, D.C.

The National and Soccer Mommy at The Anthem, Washington, D.C. Photos by Skylar Watkins. Soccer Mommy
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Normal History Vol. 740: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 740: 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 Scary Jokes' "Riptide" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Scary Jokes’ “Riptide” Video

Out May 26 on Needlejuice Records, Retinal Bloom is the latest disquieting transmission from the Scary Jokes, the solo vehicle
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Essential New Music: Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake's "Eternal River"

Essential New Music: Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake’s “Eternal River”

Ever since Heraclitus so wrote 2,500 years ago, people have been saying that no one can step into the same
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Live Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Paris, France, May 17, 2023

Live Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Paris, France, May 17, 2023

Will you recognize your damn good fortune when it falls in your lap?  With fourth album Land Of Sleeper, U.K.
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Normal History Vol. 739: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 739: 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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Essential New Music: Rose City Band's "Garden Party"

Essential New Music: Rose City Band’s “Garden Party”

Audiologists and environmentalists will unite to implore you not to drive the highway with your windows down. The drag will
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A Conversation With Charlie Hall (War On Drugs)

A Conversation With Charlie Hall (War On Drugs)

When he’s on not on the road playing drums with the War On Drugs, Charlie Hall confesses to being a
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Live Review: Just Like Heaven 2023

Live Review: Just Like Heaven 2023

This, all of my elder millennials, will make you feel old: MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular (the album that spawned hit song
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Live Review: Taylor Swift, Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2003

Live Review: Taylor Swift, Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2003

Taylor Swift finished her Philadelphia dates of the Eras Tour on Sunday with a third night at Lincoln Financial Field,
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Normal History Vol. 738: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 738: 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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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

MAGNET Exclusive: Softee Goes Track By Track On New Album "Natural"

MAGNET Exclusive: Softee Goes Track By Track On New Album “Natural”

Mister Softee isn’t the only Softee about to make your summer a lot sweeter. Natural (City Slang) is the first
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