
Yet Another Basement Tale: Nobody Loves A Wooden Indian
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers recalls his history with a troublesome collectible, marketing in preliterate America and an encounter that changed everything.

Normal History Vol. 724: 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: Robert Forster’s “The Candle And The Flame”
Circumstances shape how art is made and how it’s perceived. So it is with the circumstances surrounding The Candle And

A Conversation With JD Clayton
Fort Smith, Ark., may not be known as a breeding ground for great singer/songwriters, but it does manage to churn

Normal History Vol. 723: 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: Meg Baird’s “Furling”
In name and sound, Furling feels like a record that makes sense of the last few years. After all, one

MAGNET Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Old 97’s’ “Too Far To Care”
Longtime MAGNET contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine over the years,

Normal History Vol. 722: 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: Gunslingers’ “Supreme Asphalt Doser”
Calling your band Gunslingers is just asking for a world of trouble. Failure to deliver the badassery it implies practically

Patti Smith Celebrates Birthday, New Book At Brooklyn Steel
Patti Smith celebrated her 76th birthday and new tome, A Book Of Days, with two shows at Brooklyn Steel. MAGNET

Normal History Vol. 721: 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

A Portrait Of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers unearths a vintage drawing of Ramblin’ Jack and revives Shel Silverstein’s liner notes from innovative 1964 album

A December To Remember: Dinosaur Jr, Guided By Voices, Eugene Mirman, Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield And Wet Leg
While you were dreading the impending holiday season, MAGNET photographer Wes Orshoski went to all the December rock shows that

Essential New Music: Mike Gangloff’s “Evening Measures”
In Mike Gangloff’s galaxy, solo albums are like comets; they don’t come around very often, but when they do, they

Normal History Vol. 720: 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

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Bad Ends’ “Mile Marker 29”
Apparently, it didn’t take all that much to coax Bill Berry out of retirement. “In my later life, I’ve preferred

Essential New Music: Non Plus Temps’ “Desire Choir”
If you try to drill down into the specifics of that frequently voiced complaint that music doesn’t sound like it

Normal History Vol. 719: 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

Live Review: The Smile, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 18, 2022
“Free in the knowledge that one day this will endFree in the knowledge that everything is changeAnd this was just

Normal History Vol. 718: 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: Primordial Undermind’s “An Imaginal Abydos”
An Imaginal Abydos is the first album by Primordial Undermind in more than a decade. You might suppose that the