Magnet Magazine

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

Though Sondre Lerche has spent much of his 25-year career writing about romance, the love songs on Acrobats (PLZ/Virgin) arrive

Jim James has always had a habit of following ideas wherever they lead—even long-ditched ideas. As the frontman and primary

New moons don’t cast much light, and this recording begins in near nothingness. Spare, reverberant guitar notes gradually materialize, slowly

Wendy Bevan inhabits some uneasy existential territory on “Sleepwalkers,” a haunting new track from her forthcoming album, Alone With The

The first line of Josh Evert’s “The Sound Of Machines” is literally about being woken up by construction equipment. “Milwaukeeans

Roaring thunder, bright lightning, torrential rain and the sort of sweltering humidity that brings grown men to tears could not—did

Given the current state of the world, titling a song “Things Are Looking Up” might seem either naively optimistic or

“Kitchenette” may be one of the more unconventional tracks on Charissa Hoffman’s debut album, but it also nicely sums up

Eliza Edens’ “Death Drive” began with something they read by fellow singer/songwriter Laura Marling about Freud’s concept of the death

Aaron Lee Tasjan doesn’t suffer fools gladly at this stage in his career. As someone with six albums, three EPs,

At a time when “pop” insistently goes out of its way to accommodate the middle (even when its so-called edginess

We extoled the virtues of Cincinnati’s Hamlet—brainchild of singer, songwriter and guitarist Chris Wales—way back in 2025 after the release

In true Midwestern fashion, the Silkies haven’t a clue what sort of band they are—and that just may be the

Though flush with the vine-ripened energy and skronky invention of post-punk and no wave’s late 1970s, this synergistic live bill

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

When it was first released 15 years ago, Nocturnes arrived at a dicey moment for Uh Huh Her’s Camila Grey

Somewhat tellingly, Matt Pond wrote “Straight Into The Night” during a bout of insomnia. “The rare kind that brings clarity

Sometimes reinvention necessitates disappearing. After the runaway success of his 2023 debut, Mr. Nobody, Zach Seabaugh found himself confronting the

“You know how they say Black Flag got in a van, and they brought punk rock to the world? Well,

Shearwater’s The New World (Polyborus) took shape over four years across multiple countries, with sessions in London, Berlin, New York

Sometimes the pre-Craigslist approach is still the best approach. When Oisean Burnett moved from Glasgow to London in 2024, he