
Essential New Music: Various Artists “Manos Ocultas: A Contemporary Guitar Music Compilation From Spain”
The guitar may be easily portable, but it is nonetheless freighted with all manner of baggage. In diverse locales around

Live Review: Peaches, Kalifa, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 23, 2022
You’re not going to find The Teaches Of Peaches on too many syllabi as the school year gets underway, but

Summer Rewind Part 3: Roxy Music, St. Vincent, Tenacious D, Scorpions And Rammstein
While you were geeking out at home to House Of The Dragon and The Rings Of Power, MAGNET photographer Wes

A Conversation With The Loyal Seas’ Tanya Donelly And Brian Sullivan
As co-founder of Throwing Muses, the Breeders and Belly, Tanya Donelly had a remarkably productive and influential 20 years before

Icy Hot: Twenty One Pilots Returns To The City Of Brotherly Heathens
Twenty One Pilots just wrapped up their Icy Tour, supporting last year's Scaled And Icy. The duo made a stop

Normal History Vol. 707: 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: Thumbscrew’s “Multicolored Midnight”
“Shit Changes,” proclaims one of the tunes that bassist Michael Formanek wrote for Multicolored Midnight, but Thumbscrew persists. That’s pretty

A Conversation With The Heavy Heavy
The Heavy Heavy’s Life And Life Only (ATO) is like nothing you’ll hear in 2022—though you may have heard something

Live Review: Billy Bragg, Alice Phoebe Lou, Glenside, PA, Oct. 1, 2022
Masterfully braiding together songs from his most recent album (2021’s The Million Things That Never Happened), personal and political gems

The Basement Vapes, Volume 18: Captain Beefheart Is For Kids—A Party Of Special Things To Do!
Dust off your blue jeans and moonbeams. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers tells you how to create a homegrown Captain Beefheart event

A Conversation With Radney Foster
Radney Foster had plenty to prove with Del Rio, TX., 1959—and he largely proved it. His debut solo album and

Summer Rewind Part 2: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Strokes, Thundercat, Black Crowes, Peter Hook, Burning Spear And Paolo Nutini
While you were geeking out at home to House Of The Dragon and The Rings Of Power, MAGNET photographer Wes

Normal History Vol. 706: 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: Marisa Anderson’s “Still, Here”
Marisa Anderson has spent most of the last four years angling away from the solo music she made during the

Summer Rewind Part 1: Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Erykah Badu, Norah Jones And Regina Spektor
While you were geeking out at home to House Of The Dragon and The Rings Of Power, MAGNET photographer Wes

A Conversation With David Barbe (Mercyland)
In a sense, Mercyland’s lack of success was a boon for David Barbe. Had the band not broken up, he

The Mars Volta And Teri Gender Bender At The Met Philly
The Mars Volta and Teri Gender Bender at The Met Philly. Photos by Chris Sikich.

Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2022: The Bands
The Roots MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos. The National

Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2022: The Crowd
MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos.

XPoNential Music Festival 2022 (The Performances): War On Drugs, Nathaniel Rateliff, Patti Smith, Jenny Lewis, Revivalists, Kathleen Edwards And More
MAGNET photographer Chris Sikich shot some of the highlights from the 28th annual XPoNential Music Festival: The War On Drugs,

XPoNential Music Festival 2022 (The Portraits): Snacktime, Neal Francis, Samantha Fish, The Suffers, Sarah Shook, Dos Santos And More
The 28th annual XPoNential Music Festival was killer three-day, family-friendly event held on the Camden, N.J., waterfront. These are portraits