Live Review: Missy Elliott, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 5, 2024

Live Review: Missy Elliott, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 5, 2024

At a time when the word “weird” gets loosely thrown around, the greatest surprise of seeing Missy Elliott sell out
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Deslondes' "Lies I've Told"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Deslondes’ “Lies I’ve Told”

Apparently, even natural disasters can have an upside. In 2020, Deslondes bassist Dan Cutler took advantage of some alone time
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Five Questions With Exene Cervenka And John Doe (X)

Five Questions With Exene Cervenka And John Doe (X)

The past 50 or so years have been relatively kind to X compared to some of its punk contemporaries. For
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Jordan Maye's "Embers Of The Leaving Man"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Jordan Maye’s “Embers Of The Leaving Man”

Sometimes you try, but you just can’t move on. That’s the basic point behind Jordan Maye’s “Embers Of The Learning
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Normal History Vol. 802: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 802: 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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Essential New Music: Nightshift's "Homosapien"

Essential New Music: Nightshift’s “Homosapien”

Changes come fast and hard in the 21st century, and they don’t let up. Nightshift’s last album, 2021’s Z​ö​e, caught that queasy
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Heart Of Pine's "Movin' On" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Heart Of Pine’s “Movin’ On” Video

If Heart Of Pine singer/guitarist Steven Bagwell had to pick one thing he loves most about his band’s new single,
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Foo Fighters And The Hives At Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA

Foo Fighters And The Hives At Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA

Foo Fighters and the Hives at Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pa. Photos by Evan Albuck. The Hives
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MAGNET Exclusive: Fantastic Cat Goes Track By Track On New Album "Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat"

MAGNET Exclusive: Fantastic Cat Goes Track By Track On New Album “Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat”

A tongue-in-cheek “supergroup” prone to wearing feline disguises and swapping vocals and instruments on a whim, Fantastic Cat is comprised
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Regina Spektor At The Met, Philadelphia

Regina Spektor At The Met, Philadelphia

Regina Spektor at The Met, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Sammy Hagar With Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani And Jason Bonham At PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Sammy Hagar With Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani And Jason Bonham At PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Sammy Hagar with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J. Photos by Wes
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Live Review: 10cc, Glenside, PA, July 26, 2024

Live Review: 10cc, Glenside, PA, July 26, 2024

The phrase “like nothing you’ve ever heard” really only works when you’re talking about 10cc, the best—and, possibly, last—of 20th-century
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Normal History Vol. 801: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 801: 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
/ DAVID LESTER ART, FREE MP3s
Essential New Music: Savage Republic's "Live In Wroclaw January 7 2023"

Essential New Music: Savage Republic’s “Live In Wroclaw January 7 2023”

All good things come to an end, sometimes more than once. Originally founded in Los Angeles in 1981, Savage Republic
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of New Dangerfield's "Put No Walls Around Your Garden" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of New Dangerfield’s “Put No Walls Around Your Garden” Video

New Dangerfield’s compelling juxtaposition of history, social awareness and virtuoso musicianship begins with its name. Black abolitionist Dangerfield Newby was
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Burr Oak's "No Time To Dream" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Burr Oak’s “No Time To Dream” Video

Burr Oak’s Savanna Dickhut isn’t one to shy away from dicey subject matter. The Chicagoan tackles postpartum depression by way of
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of John Davis' "The Future"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of John Davis’ “The Future”

Jinx was supposed to be a comeback album for guitar-saturated power-pop outfit Superdrag, but the drawn-out recording process proved to
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Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2024: The Bands

Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2024: The Bands

MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos. Brittany Howard Alanis Morissette
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Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2024: The Crowd

Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2024: The Crowd

MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos.
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Skylar Gudasz's "Atoll"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Skylar Gudasz’s “Atoll”

Raised Quaker, Skylar Gudasz was thinking a lot about violence when she wrote “Atoll,” the latest single from her upcoming
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The Folk Implosion At Chris & Deb’s House, Riverton, NJ

The Folk Implosion At Chris & Deb’s House, Riverton, NJ

The Folk Implosion at Chris & Deb’s house, Riverton, N.J. Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Normal History Vol. 800: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 800: 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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Essential New Music: Jake Xerxes Fussell's "When I’m Called"

Essential New Music: Jake Xerxes Fussell’s “When I’m Called”

Jake Xerxes Fussell was raised and mentored by folklorists, but he also grew up in the age of MTV. He
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of March And Beauty's "Change"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of March And Beauty’s “Change”

Austin isn’t exactly known as a hotbed for retro-leaning, indie-pop bands, but here we are with “Change,” the latest single
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Ever-Lovin' Jug Band's "Cabbage White" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band’s “Cabbage White” Video

Like pretty much everything in Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band’s orbit, their Ampex 351 has an interesting history. In the early 1980s,
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania