Best Of 2025: Hard Rock
MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1) Die Spitz Something To Consume (Third Man)2) Khan That Fair
Best Of 2025: Jazz/Improv
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) AMM & Sachiko M Testing (Matchless)2) Sophie Agnel
Best Of 2025: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson What Did The
Five Questions With Joshua Ackley (Dead Betties)
After 16 years off the grid, post-millennial queercore ambassadors the Dead Betties have been busy of late. Their typically pointed
MAGNET Exclusive: Future Clouds And Radar Goes Track By Track On “Big Weather”
Championed by power-pop obsessives for his stellar work with hot-minute major-label hopefuls Cotton Mather, Robert Harrison has been a beloved
Live Review: Yo La Tengo, Bowery Ballroom, New York City, Dec. 14, 2025
Normally, a Yo La Tengo show in New York City around the holidays would be a cause for celebration. The
Five Questions With Milo Aukerman (Descendents)
After a “pretty easy” run-in with the copyright revision law, the Descendents have regained the rights to their influential early
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Tigers In Cairo’s Covers Of Jawbreaker’s “Do You Still Hate Me?” And Mission Of Burma’s “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate”
Already busy in the studio working on originals for the new year, Tigers In Cairo wanted to close out 2025
Ally Coalition Talent Show At The Jack H. Skirball Center For The Performing Arts, New York City
Ally Coalition Talent Show at the Jack H. Skirball Center For The Performing Arts, New York City, featuring Hayley Williams,
WhyHunger’s 50th Anniversary Hungerthon Benefit Docu-Concert At The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ
WhyHunger’s 50th Anniversary Hungerthon Benefit Docu-Concert at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park, N.J., featuring Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Van Zandt &
MGK At Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia
MGK at Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck.
MAGNET Exclusive: The Salt Collective Goes Track By Track On “A Brief History Of Blindness”
Stéphane Schück is well on his way to becoming indie rock’s great Transatlantic facilitator. Much as he did on the
Live Review: Radiohead, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 11, 2025
Even though the two bands actually sound very little alike, Radiohead has overlapped to no small degree with Talking Heads
The Dream Syndicate At Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia
The Dream Syndicate at Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.
Live Review: Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 9, 2025
Maybe some of you knew Ryan Davis at the helm of State Champion over the past couple decades. Or as
Normal History Vol. 873: 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: Boys Life Goes Track By Track On “Ordinary Wars”
Legitimately emo years before emo was a thing, the Midwestern indie rockers in Boys Life are back with their first

















