MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Nori's Cover Of Neil Young's "Old Man"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Nori’s Cover Of Neil Young’s “Old Man”

Over its 10-year history, Nori has developed quite the reputation for upending classic songs from the past. The Austin quintet’s
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Imaginaries' "Constant"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Imaginaries’ “Constant”

The Imaginaries’ Maggie McClure wrote “Constant” in a single sitting as an attempt to reach out to her husband after
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MAGNET Exclusive: Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) Goes Track By Track On "Story The Crow Told Me"

MAGNET Exclusive: Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) Goes Track By Track On “Story The Crow Told Me”

It’s hard to believe Ketch Secor hasn’t released more than one solo album in the 27 years since forming Grammy-winning
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Dom Mariani's "Apple Of Life"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Dom Mariani’s “Apple Of Life”

Best known for his ’80s stint with the Stems, the acclaimed underdog garage-rock quartet he founded in Perth, Australia, Dom
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Silver Snails' Cover Of The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Silver Snails’ Cover Of The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” Video

The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” couldn’t have been a more perfect fit for the Silver Snails’ intergenerational coed
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Royal Blush's "Go"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Royal Blush’s “Go”

For many of us, the discomfiting tale of rejection and desperation that unfolds in the video for “Go” is all
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Essential New Music: We Contain Multitudes' "Minako"

Essential New Music: We Contain Multitudes’ “Minako”

Aging punks, take note: Those veterans of post-hardcore reference point Bitch Magnet, guitarist Jon Fine and drummer Orestes Morfin, have
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MAGNET Exclusive: The Wildmans Go Track By Track On "Longtime Friend"

MAGNET Exclusive: The Wildmans Go Track By Track On “Longtime Friend”

Aila and Elisha Wildman hail from the tiny Blue Ridge town of Floyd, Va., a hotbed of old-time mountain music.
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Normal History Vol. 851: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 851: 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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Daniel Lanois Released "Belladonna" 20 Years Ago Today

Daniel Lanois Released “Belladonna” 20 Years Ago Today

20 years ago today, Daniel Lanois released Belladonna. Desert moons. Read our classic feature on him from that year: Daniel
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Essential New Music: Colin Andrew Sheffield's "Serenade"

Essential New Music: Colin Andrew Sheffield’s “Serenade”

Some musicians need just the right instruments to create. Colin Andrew Sheffield is not picky that way. If you happen
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MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Chris Stamey's "Anything Is Possible"

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Chris Stamey’s “Anything Is Possible”

While it might be a ridiculously huge stretch to say that Chris Stamey has collaborated with every great musician on
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Five Questions With Greta Kline (Frankie Cosmos)

Five Questions With Greta Kline (Frankie Cosmos)

Greta Kline has certainly made the most of her considerable creative gifts and the home environment that fostered them. The
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of T. Hardy Morris' "Don't Kill Your Time (To Shine)"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of T. Hardy Morris’ “Don’t Kill Your Time (To Shine)”

T. Hardy Morris has some advice for young artists, young lovers and former selves: “Don’t waste your time worrying about
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A Conversation With Robert Randolph

A Conversation With Robert Randolph

A lot can happen in a half-dozen years. For pedal-steel journeyman Robert Randolph, it was long enough for him to
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Maygen & The Birdwatcher's "Elizabeth"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Maygen & The Birdwatcher’s “Elizabeth”

The origins of “Elizabeth” are far from glamorous, its central melody inspired by an earworm Maygen Lacey couldn’t shake as
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Swimming Bell's "95 At Night" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Swimming Bell’s “95 At Night” Video

The 1943 avant-garde milestone Meshes Of The Afternoon served as the main inspiration for the fittingly surreal visual manifestation of
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Essential New Music: Derek Monypeny / Kevin Corcoran's "Abacomancy"

Essential New Music: Derek Monypeny / Kevin Corcoran’s “Abacomancy”

Seeing, says a cliché from another century, is believing. If you saw Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran perform, you’d know
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Kesha At The Kia Forum, Los Angeles

Kesha At The Kia Forum, Los Angeles

Kesha at the Kia Forum, Los Angeles. Photos by Skylar Watkins.
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Wawa Welcome America Concert, Philadelphia

Wawa Welcome America Concert, Philadelphia

The Ladies may Love Cool James, but LL Cool J loves union workers a little more. The night before July
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Normal History Vol. 850: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 850: 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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Five Questions With Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)

Five Questions With Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)

By the band’s own admission, Sunflower Bean was at a crossroads in the months leading up to the recording of
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Five Questions With BC Camplight

Five Questions With BC Camplight

Kicking drugs after 15 years was a mixed blessing for BC Camplight’s Brian Christinzio. On the one end, it served
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