Normal History Vol. 830: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 830: 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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Essential New Music: Damon Locks' "List Of Demands"

Essential New Music: Damon Locks’ “List Of Demands”

Some might say that List Of Demands sounds like it was ripped from today’s headlines, but given the way things
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Gates Of Light's "10,000 Years"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Gates Of Light’s “10,000 Years”

The work of the late David Lynch has been a massive influence on Gates Of Light’s Louise Quinn and her
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Third Mind's "Doralee (Live)" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Third Mind’s “Doralee (Live)” Video

Not so much a supergroup as a great fucking band, the Third Mind was assembled by Americana forefather Dave Alvin
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Cash & Skye's "Pasadena Girls"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Cash & Skye’s “Pasadena Girls”

Henri Cash and Sophia Skye have the sort of indie-rock pedigree that generates excitement. Cash plays guitar for Starcrawler, the glam-punk
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premieres Of Matt Bohannon's "On The Moon With A Cigarette" And Marty Bohannon's "Fall City"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premieres Of Matt Bohannon’s “On The Moon With A Cigarette” And Marty Bohannon’s “Fall City”

Two brothers, two new releases: Matt Bohannon’s Go Back To Your Roots and sibling Marty’s A Scar Is Born, both
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Normal History Vol. 829: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 829: 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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MAGNET Exclusive: The Ultimate Matt Pond PA Driving Playlist

MAGNET Exclusive: The Ultimate Matt Pond PA Driving Playlist

From Matt Pond … The Ballad Of The Natural Lines (Sonder House) is the follow-up to an album and EP
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Essential New Music: Lars-Göran Ulander's "Öppet Två"

Essential New Music: Lars-Göran Ulander’s “Öppet Två”

In the liner notes to Öppet Två, Swedish reeds player Mats Gustafsson describes a moment in 1982 that gave focus
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Frog Eyes' "Television, A Ghost In My Head"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Frog Eyes’ “Television, A Ghost In My Head”

“Elevation, don’t go to my head.” It’s a classic brainworm from a track off Television’s undisputed masterpiece debut, Marquee Moon—one
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Korean Boyfriend's "Work I Do" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Korean Boyfriend’s “Work I Do” Video

Korean Boyfriend’s Stanley Cho has two words to sum up the video for “Work I Do”: simple and absurd. “Like
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Five Questions With Cymande

Five Questions With Cymande

Back in 1973, Cymande (pronounced “sah-mahn-day”) was poised to make a sustained international splash. The U.K. band’s debut single, “The
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MAGNET Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Drive-By Truckers' "Southern Rock Opera"

MAGNET Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Drive-By Truckers’ “Southern Rock Opera”

Longtime contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the key albums of the MAGNET era, with exclusive, in-depth interviews
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Normal History Vol. 828: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 828: 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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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Color Forty Nine's "We Send Satellites" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Color Forty Nine’s “We Send Satellites” Video

The Color Forty Nine certainly has its ducks in a row when it comes to seasoning and connections. Members of
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Essential New Music: The 'Fronts' "Mamo Waves"

Essential New Music: The ‘Fronts’ “Mamo Waves”

“I am not guilty of insanity/My brain was taken in a brain robbery.” So sings one of the pseudonymous members
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MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Lilly Hiatt's "Forever"

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Lilly Hiatt’s “Forever”

With help from husband Coley Hinson and Fort Apache Studios lynchpin Paul Kolderie, Lilly Hiatt finds compelling common ground between
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MAGNET Exclusive: Joe Pernice Goes Track By Track On "Chappaquiddick Skyline" Reissue

MAGNET Exclusive: Joe Pernice Goes Track By Track On “Chappaquiddick Skyline” Reissue

Working its way nicely through Joe Pernice’s back catalog, New West now delivers the 25th-anniversary reissue of Chappaquiddick Skyline for
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Emile Mosseri's "I Could Be Your Hands"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Emile Mosseri’s “I Could Be Your Hands”

Emile Mosseri’s ties to the film industry made for some cinematic moments on his 2023 debut, Heaven Hunters. With the
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Normal History Vol. 827: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 827: 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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MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Josh Gilligan's "Party Of One"

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Josh Gilligan’s “Party Of One”

Though he’s lived there for more than a decade, Josh Gilligan doesn’t seem like Nashville material—even if defining “Nashville material”
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Essential New Music: Sun Ra's "Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank"

Essential New Music: Sun Ra’s “Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank”

Le Sony’r Ra, the philosopher/composer/musician/poet known to the world as Sun Ra, died in 1993. Recordings from across his career
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania