Magnet Magazine

Sometimes it’s the mundane things that stick with you years after a sudden tragedy. “I still remember walking into school,

At first glance, there’s nothing especially trendy about Alan Chapell. He’s a lawyer, for heaven’s sake. Dig a little deeper,

A drifter with a mysterious past and a weathered, gray-scale fashion sense, Zeke Bleek must have a million stories. But

“Isn’t this fuckin’ lousy for you? The sun is right in your face,” Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock mused to the

Melt Banana, Baby;Baby: Explores The Reasons Why That Gum Is Still On The Sidewalk, Tomato Flower and Squid Pisser At

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

Funkiller’s David Gordon might be the very definition of an uncompromising songwriter. Or, as he simply puts it, a “slow-maker.”

Milford Graves never seemed to be that worried about making records. An early run of recordings for ESP-Disk in the

Longtime contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine, plus brand-new releases from

In a previous life, Missouri native Caleb “Bones” Owens was a guitarist-for-hire for the likes of Yelawolf, Jelly Roll and

A recent move from Boston to Rochester, N.Y., has given Coral Moons’ Carly Kraft plenty of time to recalibrate. Since

Kim Gordon and Bill Nace at Union Transfer, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Bill Nace

Shadow Of The City—Bleachers, the Japanese House, Samia, the Wonder Years, Bartees Strange, Grace Ives and Been Stellar—at the Stone

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

One mark of artists is that when they get really good at something, they change things up. It’s hard to

MAGNET contributor Evan Albuck attended this year’s Governors Ball Music Festival and sent us these great photos. Post Malone Rauw

Color Green may be as close as it gets to a creative democracy in rock ’n’ roll. Fool’s Parade, the

The Spiritual Machines aren’t so much a band as a fun diversion for a few dear friends with overlapping passions

Miki Berenyi Trio and Lol Tolhurst X Budgie at Webster Hall, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

It’s been 10 long years since the last +/- album. The Brooklyn trio—vocalist/guitarists James Baluyut and Patrick Ramos and drummer

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

The Handover suggests something transactional. But the sound and the effect of the music created by oudist Aly Eissa, violinist

Available tomorrow on Shimmy-Disc, Grow A Pear began life as JD Pinkus’ contribution to what was supposed to be a

Obscurity has never put a damper on John Andrew Fredrick’s creativity—or his productivity, for that matter. As the unflappable leader

Jon Muq is a bit of a freak of nature in today’s music industry—an unrelenting optimist who’s willing to acknowledge