
Best Of 2022: Singer/Songwriters
MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1) Josh Rouse Going Places (Yep Roc)2) Lyle Lovett

Best Of 2022: Punk
MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) The Interrupters In The Wild (Hellcat/Epitaph)2) Crisis Actor

Normal History Vol. 716: 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

Best Of 2022: World Music
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1) Alune Wade Sultan (Enja)2) Alhaji Waziri Oshomah World

Best Of 2022: Hip Hop
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Best Of 2022: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Joe Rainey Niineta (37d03d)2) Miko Marks And The

Best Of 2022: Jazz/Improv
John Butcher MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) Sophie Agnel / John Butcher La

Best Of 2022: Hard Rock
MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1) Cave In Heavy Pendulum (Relapse)2) Alexisonfire Otherness (Dine

November Spawned Some Rock Shows: Vets Aid 2022 (Black Keys, Breeders, Nine Inch Nails, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl & More), Mercyful Fate And W.A.S.P.
While you were getting ready for unwanted company on Thanksgiving, MAGNET photographer Wes Orshoski went to all the November rock

Live Review: The Smile, Detroit, MI, Nov. 28, 2022
More than 3,000 people descended into Detroit’s Cass Corridor to see Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner at the

Live Review: Wilco, Built To Spill, New Haven, CT, Aug. 27, 2022
What’s more punk rock than playing midtempo, country-tinged songs in a stadium? Depends on how seriously you take Jeff Tweedy’s

Normal History Vol. 715: 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

Essential New Music: Bill Nace’s “Through A Room”
Across a couple of decades, Bill Nace has filled his dance card with a who’s-who of noise liberators. If you

Live Review: The Decemberists, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 25, 2022
Colin Meloy insisted he didn’t want to take sides in the great stand-up or sit-down debate, so the audience at

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Julia Sanders’ “Woman In Between” Video
“They say to sleep when the baby sleeps, but I decided to make a stop-motion animation music video instead,” says

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Isaac Watters’ “Child In The Rain” Video
It says a lot about Isaac Watters that he has no qualms about comingling music and academia. His new single,

Normal History Vol. 714: 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

Normal History Vol. 713: 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

Essential New Music: Shells’ “Outside”
Musician, DJ, show organizer—Shelley Salant is the kind of person who makes scenes keep on happening. The southeastern Michigan music

“Metal Machine Music”: The Sound And The Fury Of Lou Reed’s Most Controversial Album
Almost 50 years after Lou Reed unleashed white-noise opus Metal Machine Music, people are still debating whether it’s brilliant art

Red October: Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp, Iron Maiden And Kikagaku Moyo
While you were geeking out at home to House Of The Dragon and The Rings Of Power, MAGNET photographer Wes