Magnet Magazine

In a radical move (for those who know him, at least), Scott McCaughey was dead set on keeping the tambourine

Though he’s since dedicated the song to both parents, Pete Droge originally wrote “You Called Me Kid” for his father

For Boshra AlSaadi, the decision to procreate hasn’t been an easy one—and that made “Homo Sapiens” a tough song to

We’ve all been waiting for someone to pick apart Titanic’s leading man in song, yes? Dead Tooth’s Zach Ellis is

Diagnosed with OCD, Rebecca Schiffman has struggled with “moral perfectionism” for much of her life. She brings those inner demons

Native Sun’s latest single captures a particularly lucid moment of early-morning reflection. “It came out of that strange in-between time—right

Though the band enjoyed some success and benefited from the backing of ’80s music-industry heavyweight Howie Klein, Translator never quite

It’s not uncommon that bands lose original members and carry on even when—in the case of chesty, melodic, baritone vocalist/songwriter

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

If there was ever a co-headliner that measures up (so to speak) to Hedwig And The Angry Inch, it’s Dagger

Trust a man whose ideal compositional form is the palindrome to reckon with this axiom: Everything comes back to where

True to the untamed Canadian ethos, Born Ruffians chafe at categorization. Over the past dozen or so years, they’ve ramped

Much of David J Haskins’ latest solo album was written in 1997 after his mother, Joan Nancy Haskins, passed away.

Though he’s often defined by his affinity for NOLA funk and Chicago blues, Eli Paperboy Reed is an East Coast

Annie Sparrows has done quite a bit of band hopping since her lead role with the hard-touring Soviettes, part of

Like most artistic types, Field Trip Day’s Alexa Lynn Fecca has had a few run-ins with assholes. “Rhino” addresses that

The name is bound to ring a bell with music fans. But for Robin Taylor Zander, it can’t be easy

Robert Forster’s 2023 LP, The Candle And The Flame, was a personal affair—so personal, in fact, that the Go-Betweens co-founder

What do you do if you’re Philadelphia hometown heroes running an annual two-day festival with hurricane rains predicted and a

Bay Area singer/songwriter Mae Powell has always been an advocate for living with your heart on your sleeve. “I wrote

Matt Berninger and Ronboy at Union Transfer, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Ronboy

AC/DC at Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland. Photos by Wes Orshoski.