MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Bosh Rothman’s “Joshua”
Los Angeles-based drummer Bosh Rothman kicked off his career in his native St. Louis with brothers Lawrence and Yves in
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of 37 Houses’ “Helium”
San Francisco’s 37 Houses began as a sort of indie-punk journaling project for quarantined newlyweds. Just four months into their
A Conversation With Bill Frisell
With well more than 85 albums as a leader or co-leader to his credit and documented sideman gigs in the
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Normal History Vol. 884: 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
MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Will Dailey’s “Boys Talking”
It’s a bit of a stretch to call this track-by-track breakdown a premiere. Boys Talking has been hanging around for
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Setting’s “By The Light Of The Moon” Video
The Setting’s retro-leaning instrumentals have a pleasing futuristic aftertaste, drawing inspiration from synth pop, the ’70s guitar recordings of the
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Kimon Kirk’s “Dashboard Hula Girl” (Featuring Robbie Fulks) Video
Kimon Kirk has been a fan of alt-country troubadour Robbie Fulks since the late ’90s. So when veteran session guitarist
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Live Review: Blue Man Group, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 24, 2026
When it comes to anonymity, the likes of the Residents and Angine de Poitrine have nothing on the Blue Man
MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Bill Pritchard’s “Haunted”
A witty, offbeat English treasure, Bill Pritchard has been defined as much by his curious spates of silence as the
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A Conversation With Vega Vault Project’s Liz Lamere
When it came to his art, Alan Vega always wanted to keep his options open. His prolific output far exceeded
Five Questions With Ratboys
Turns out Chris Walla’s subversive pop instincts are a perfect match for Ratboys’ delicate fury—and the initial result was The
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MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Clayton Chaney’s “Too Far”
Too Far (Rock Ridge Music) was a long time coming. In 2018, when his promising SoCal indie-grass band the Show
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Okonski’s “Easy”
Yet another “discovery” from Loveland, Ohio’s retro-forward Colemine label, Okonski features three members of Bloomington, Ind., soul/R&B revivalists Durand Jones
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Mavis Guitar’s “First Pitch Strikes”
Mavis Guitar’s Travis Talbert is a big believer in openers. “The first song of any given endeavor—be it a record,
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Todd Albright’s “If That Woman’s Love Was Whiskey”
Rumor has it, Todd Albright doesn’t even own a six-string guitar. And his proclivity for the baritone 12-string acoustic has
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Pretty Flowers’ “To Be So Cool”
“To Be So Cool” is a personal favorite for the Pretty Flowers’ Noah Green. “It’s a blast to play live,”
Essential New Music: John Butcher’s “Away, I Was”
Guitarist Derek Bailey, one of the first practitioners of non-idiomatic free improvisation, once opined that solo extemporization was an inferior
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
