From The Desk Of Finn's Motel: A Walk In The Garden Part 2 (Wood’s Famous Brimmer Tomatoes)

From The Desk Of Finn’s Motel: A Walk In The Garden Part 2 (Wood’s Famous Brimmer Tomatoes)

Finn’s Motel mastermind/auteur Joe Thebeau gifted us in late 2006 with the amazing, out-of-nowhere Escape Velocity debut, a concept album
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JOHN TOTTENHAM Live @ The Standard

From The Desk Of The Black Watch: The Poems Of John Tottenham

John Andrew Fredrick has spent the last three decades as the sole constant in one of music's most perfect and
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Normal History Vol. 422: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 422: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
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Live Review, Coachella 2017

Live Review, Coachella 2017

One of the laziest journalistic tropes ever is: “This (supersuccessfulthing) isn’t nearly as cool as it was back when it
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From The Desk Of Kleenex Girl Wonder: Jokes

From The Desk Of Kleenex Girl Wonder: Jokes

Kleenex Girl Wonder just released 13th LP The Comedy Album. Graham Smith, who’s been making pan-genre pop rock in bedrooms,
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Where’s The Street Team?: An Answer Essay Part 1

Several months ago I sent my ever-so-patient editor Eric an email asking that the upcoming column be featured on the
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Essential New Music: Lou Reed's "The RCA & Arista Albums Collection"

Essential New Music: Lou Reed’s “The RCA & Arista Albums Collection”

The blah title; the none-more-black box; it ain’t sexy, but it’s a stark answer to a serious question: How to
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From The Desk Of Ann Magnuson: Frank Holliday

From The Desk Of Ann Magnuson: Frank Holliday

At her funniest, musician/actress/performance artist Ann Magnuson skewers pop and celebrity culture like nobody else. And there’s a lot of
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“He’s No Angel”: A Short Story By MAGNET’s Mitch Myers

Adam Coil was only 55 when he passed away. He was alone in his apartment eating Chinese food and watching The
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The Posies: Let It Grow

Creative regeneration has sustained the Posies through 30 up-and-down years “We haven't broken up yet. But if we broke up
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SoSoGlows

The So So Glos: The Glos Of Adulthood

The So So Glos get back to basics but mature philosophically with Kamikaze The past four years have been a whirlwind for the
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The Qualia Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Recently, we featured the Qualia’s latest track “Out For Blood,” which comes from their August 12 album Cotillion Knives. Today,
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Autolux: Time May Change Me

Following a Failure reunion and a divorce, Greg Edwards returns with Autolux’s Pussy’s Dead For Greg Edwards, time is relative.
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Where’s The Street Team?: A Crime Against The History Of The Band Moniker

Before I get into something vinyl-related, I must start off with a few comments about this very magazine. During this
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