Magnet Magazine

Longtime contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the key albums of the MAGNET era, with exclusive, in-depth interviews

These days, it’s back to basics for Miki Berenyi. Best known for her work with ’90s shoegaze/dream-pop pioneers Lush, the

“One Last Time” was among the earliest songs Kayla Janowitz ever wrote. Even then, it stood out. “It’s the first

With Cat Ridgeway, it’s hard to get around that voice. Raw, malleable yet beautiful, larger than life. But there’s more

To the accompaniment of a chamber section that sounded like it was sliding off the Titanic, a cool-blue guitarist with

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

For his first single in a good, long while, Webb Wilder borrows one from unsung Texas songwriter David Grissom. “He’s

Like most of the tracks on Jay DiBartolo’s new LP, “Television” was a COVID baby. “It was a scary time,

Gasoline Lollipops’ Clay Rose started writing “Humanity” during the pandemic—at a time when there were even more pressing concerns in

Ben Hackett has always loved the “flighty and meandering” melodies of Ethiopian tezeta/jazz pioneers Mulatu Estatke and Hailu Mergia. “While

If a collaboration between the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn and the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel seems strange in theory,

Son Of Buzzi is the sobriquet of Sebastian Bischoff, a Swiss musician whose ears are tuned to the frequencies of

After 2021’s In Plain Sight veered (often wonderfully) toward efficient, tightly wound power pop, Neal Francis is back in his

Beth Gibbons ended her engrossing set at the Met with a giddy little jump, a rapid, enthusiastic wave to the

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

If you’ve ever wondered what happened to Guadalcanal Diary’s Murray Attaway, here’s your answer. More than three decades after his

In 1982, the Ex named its second album History Is What’s Happening. Four and a half decades since the band’s

When drummer Ezra Lipp calls ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) a “California rock ’n’ roll institution,” he’s not boasting. He’s simply

Fielded’s “Lost Youth” navigates the emotional twists and turns of getting older as a queer, feminine-presenting artist. The artist in

As a new father, Vacation Manor’s Nathan Towles finds inspiration and exasperation staring him in the face just about every

The lyrics and melody to Cumulus’ latest single came to Alexandra Lockhart as she struggled to calm her frayed nerves.

When it comes to her band’s latest single, Shon Ruffin gets right to the point. “If you wanna feel sexy,