Magnet Magazine

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

Sometimes that certain someone in your head is more compelling than the person standing right in front of you. Lila

Blake Watt has been steadily developing a distinctive voice across a series of acclaimed EPs, while getting his stage legs

The making of Inward Eye (Greenway) was an exercise in looking back to move forward. While Maryam Qudus was busy

While some albums arrive with a concept, Pomelo’s Loreless (Sad Magic) feels more like a state of mind. The debut

There are late-bloomers—and then there’s Eilir Pierce. After more than 30 years, 39 self-released albums and upward of 500 songs,

Nearly a century after Ma Rainey helped define the sound, language and attitude of recorded blues, there are still a

Eleni Mandell at 48 Record Bar, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

If you have to review Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings in five words or less, you can’t beat the title. Its

Some songs take longer than others to find their way out of the bedroom. In the case of “Sunshine Girl,”

Judy Collins, Richard Thompson and Elles Bailey at the Lansdowne Theater, Lansdowne, Pa. Photos by Chris Sikich.

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

Life’s extremes have a way of sifting out the emotional paydirt that forms the foundation of a self-aware mid-life gem

After establishing an impressive baseline with the restless, anything-goes energy of 2023’s This Is Not An Exit, ill peach shakes

Some songs can’t be confined by a studio. Case in point: Feral Foster’s “New World Blues,” which, more than a

Before long-distance collaboration became cliché in a high-tech, post-pandemic world, Atta Boy had already established the sort of trust that

The Zac Schulze Gang’s development strategy is simple: Play just about anywhere that’ll have you. Thus far, it’s amounted to

In “Helmet Head,” Kyle Kimbrell has found a certain offbeat poetry in a seemingly disposable moment most of us would

Matthew Squires and Sunk Coast’s Zach Totta met under circumstances that don’t exactly encourage collaboration. Assigned as roommates at a

Dallas Burrow has mined his itinerant life for a wealth of found stories and real-life characters. But these days, the

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

After years of holding down the low end for Built To Spill and Blood Lemon, Melanie Radford has just unveiled