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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Le Concorde's "Saint James"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Le Concorde’s “Saint James”

Stephen Becker has acquired some talented friends in the few on-and-off decades since he launched Le Concorde, his artfully cerebral
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Essential New Music: Graden / Agnas / Landin / Bromander's "Words Were Coming Out Our Ears"

Essential New Music: Graden / Agnas / Landin / Bromander’s “Words Were Coming Out Our Ears”

Titles are often clues to an artist’s intentions, but Words Were Coming Out Our Ears may be more of a
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MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Elijah Johnston's "Stupid Soul"

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Elijah Johnston’s “Stupid Soul”

Don’t let the name fool you. Atlanta’s Elijah Johnston is no rustic, deconstructed roots crooner. He’s a craftsman and a
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A Conversation With David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker)

A Conversation With David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker)

As autobiographies go, David Lowery’s Fathers, Sons And Brothers (Cooking Vinyl) is an outlier. It’s more of a memoir—and even
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Five Questions With Thalia Zedek

Five Questions With Thalia Zedek

As a singer and a songwriter, Thalia Zedek is howler with an uncanny grasp of subtlety and dynamics, bringing unconventional
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Rorey's "Nobody’s Fault But My Own"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Rorey’s “Nobody’s Fault But My Own”

Rorey describes “Nobody’s Fault But My Own” as a love letter to herself. Though you might not get that impression
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of sundayclub's "Bannatyne"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of sundayclub’s “Bannatyne”

A product of rural Manitoba, sundayclub’s Courtney Carmichael and Nikki St.Pierre have found their creative mojo in Winnipeg, the province’s
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Wood Brothers' "The Trick"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Wood Brothers’ “The Trick”

For Oliver Wood, detachment is the key to maintaining a semblance of sanity in this crazy life. “The trick is
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Molly Joyce's "August 13 + 16, 1999"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Molly Joyce’s “August 13 + 16, 1999”

Molly Joyce couldn’t be any more transparent about her disability—to the point where surgical records double as lyrics on her
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Live Review: Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band, Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 2025

Live Review: Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band, Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 2025

Say what you might about octogenarian acts—Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey,
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Imaginary People's Cover Of Bruce Springsteen's "State Trooper"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Imaginary People’s Cover Of Bruce Springsteen’s “State Trooper”

Imaginary People’s Dylan Von Wagner takes his beef with society to another level on Alibi. His disdain for our current
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Five Questions With Civic

Five Questions With Civic

Civic had little more than purity of the Aussie punk aesthetic in mind when it made 2023’s Taken By Force.
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The Governors Ball 2025

The Governors Ball 2025

This year’s Governors Ball delivered an electrifying weekend of diverse genres, uniting fans of hip hop, indie rock, pop, soul
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Suzanne Vega At World Cafe Live, Philadelphia

Suzanne Vega At World Cafe Live, Philadelphia

Suzanne Vega at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Live Review: Wussy, Cleveland, OH, June 11, 2025

Live Review: Wussy, Cleveland, OH, June 11, 2025

If, as mythos has it, the best band in the world on any given night is playing in some local
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Normal History Vol. 847: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 847: 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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Five Questions With Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker)

Five Questions With Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker)

The members of Kula Shaker were the misaligned weirdos of the ’90s Britpop wave. Perhaps even weirder, the London band
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MAGNET Exclusive: Scott McCaughey Goes Track By Track On The Minus 5's "Oar On, Penelope!"

MAGNET Exclusive: Scott McCaughey Goes Track By Track On The Minus 5’s “Oar On, Penelope!”

In a radical move (for those who know him, at least), Scott McCaughey was dead set on keeping the tambourine
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pete Droge's "You Called Me Kid" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pete Droge’s “You Called Me Kid” Video

Though he’s since dedicated the song to both parents, Pete Droge originally wrote “You Called Me Kid” for his father
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Saadi's "Homo Sapiens"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Saadi’s “Homo Sapiens”

For Boshra AlSaadi, the decision to procreate hasn’t been an easy one—and that made “Homo Sapiens” a tough song to
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Dead Tooth's "Jack Dawson"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Dead Tooth’s “Jack Dawson”

We’ve all been waiting for someone to pick apart Titanic’s leading man in song, yes? Dead Tooth’s Zach Ellis is
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Grace Jones And Janelle Monáe At BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

Grace Jones And Janelle Monáe At BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Rebecca Schiffman's "Bubble Of Love"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Rebecca Schiffman’s “Bubble Of Love”

Diagnosed with OCD, Rebecca Schiffman has struggled with “moral perfectionism” for much of her life. She brings those inner demons
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