Magnet Magazine

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

If Acetone flew under your radar in the ’90s, you’ll have your work cut out for you with I’m Still

MAGNET’s Mitch Myers asks the burning question: Does anyone know anyone who knows anything about the Conspiracy Stomp? I have

With his cosmic-country credo tucked under one arm and a quirky intellect under the other, Daniel Donato has become a

September, 1993. That’s the last time I saw Codeine play live, and it was a revelation. Codeine performed a lengthy,

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

The Holy Mother (Plays The Rudra Veena) is the vinyl debut from Madhuvanti Pal. The relationship between femininity and the rudra

The Bret Tobias Set may be two members shy of a Bigger Lovers reunion, but it’s pretty much business as

The album cycle for Japanese Breakfast’s breakthrough Jubilee, released in spring 2021, ended with a jubilant Halloween show at The

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Health scares have a habit of changing lives. Almost 10 years ago, a case of appendicitis sent Our Man In

Remembering Sinéad—a talent-packed tribute at City Winery New York City—had a tough mission. Not just because remembering Sinéad O’Connor means

Kicking off Halloweekend at the Ukie Club, Squirrel Flower conjured an otherworldly essence, harmonizing with the ghost in the machine.

Amanda Palmer is not OK. Most of us are not OK right now; we’ve just decided, for the preservation of

Ever since the release of 1989’s 101 (the dense live album and documentary focused on the band’s famed 1988 Rose

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Garnering insider accolades but precious little commercial glory, Pylon was the relentlessly danceable dark horse of the fabled ’80s music

When musicians who have come up through Western musical systems embrace “just intonation” (the more mathematically consistent system that was

Apparently, Upchuck got into punk rock for all the right reasons. “I can’t really play anything else,” said guitarist Mikey

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Feelies concerts are the stuff of legend. Setlists might not change much from decade to decade (hell, the band might

This Is The Kit and Gruff Rhys at Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, Photos by Chris Sikich. Gruff Rhys

Given all that Jenny Owen Youngs has been up to over the past 10 years, why let another solo album

Courtney Barnett and Anjimile at the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Anjimile