Normal History Vol. 782: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 782: 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: Star City Survivor's "Wilderness"

Essential New Music: Star City Survivor’s “Wilderness”

The members of this guitar/drums duo live in North Carolina’s Triangle, a conglomeration of metropolitan areas that contains three major
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Raven Drum Foundation Benefit Show Featuring Lauren Monroe, Rick Allen, Peter Criss, Jim Keltner, Will Lee And More At The Cutting Room, New York City

Raven Drum Foundation Benefit Show Featuring Lauren Monroe, Rick Allen, Peter Criss, Jim Keltner, Will Lee And More At The Cutting Room, New York City

Raven Drum Foundation benefit show for Friends Of Firefighters featuring Lauren Monroe, Rick Allen, Peter Criss, Jim Keltner, Will Lee
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Wesley Dean's "Blood Brothers" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Wesley Dean’s “Blood Brothers” Video

We all can remember a time in life when we didn’t know any better. “You think you’ll live forever, and
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Sleater-Kinney At Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn

Sleater-Kinney At Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn

Sleater-Kinney at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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Offset At The Fillmore, Philadelphia

Offset At The Fillmore, Philadelphia

Offset at the Fillmore, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck.
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Porno For Pyros At Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City

Porno For Pyros At Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City

Porno For Pyros at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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Normal History Vol. 781: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 781: 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: Alastair Galbraith's "Talisman"

Essential New Music: Alastair Galbraith’s “Talisman”

Full disclosure: The album under consideration and I go way back. My old micro-label put one of its songs on
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Amistat's "Still Believe" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Amistat’s “Still Believe” Video

The gist of Amistat’s therapeutic musical philosophy is hardly revelatory, but it is unabashedly sincere. Amistat is lead by well-traveled,
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Jon Muq's "One You Love" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Jon Muq’s “One You Love” Video

Jon Muq’s career so far has been a stunning exercise in perseverance—from busking in his Ugandan village to making the
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Escape Artist Lovers' "Out Where I Can Wander" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Escape Artist Lovers’ “Out Where I Can Wander” Video

Propelling earworm-inducing pop music into avant-garde territory is not easy, but it seems effortless for Escape Artist Lovers. The duo
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Grant-Lee Phillips At City Winery, New York City

Grant-Lee Phillips At City Winery, New York City

Grant-Lee Phillips at City Winery, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Mega Cat's "Rat Fight" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Mega Cat’s “Rat Fight” Video

It was the coldest day of the year in Seattle when Cheryl Ediss set about filming mega cat’s “Rat Fight”
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Normal History Vol. 780: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 780: 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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MAGNET Classics Podcast: Pete Yorn, Matthew Sweet, Travis, Nada Surf, Blake Babies, Old 97, Pernice Brothers, Connells, Belly, Cotton Mather And Grandaddy

MAGNET Classics Podcast: Pete Yorn, Matthew Sweet, Travis, Nada Surf, Blake Babies, Old 97, Pernice Brothers, Connells, Belly, Cotton Mather And Grandaddy

Longtime MAGNET contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine over the years,
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Live Review: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Aimee Mann, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 23, 2024

Live Review: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Aimee Mann, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 23, 2024

The only thing more welcome than hearing the once-shambolic live sound of Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit grown and
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Normal History Vol. 779: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 779: 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: Concepción Huerta's "The Earth Has Memory"

Essential New Music: Concepción Huerta’s “The Earth Has Memory”

Sound’s a funny thing. You can feel its vibrations, but you’ll never put your hands on them. Concepción Huerta exploits
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Two Door Cinema Club And Joywave At Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville

Two Door Cinema Club And Joywave At Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville

Two Door Cinema Club and Joywave at Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville. Photos by Skylar Watkins. Joywave
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Pantera At Madison Square Garden, New York City

Pantera At Madison Square Garden, New York City

Pantera at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Amigo The Devil's "Stray Dog"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Amigo The Devil’s “Stray Dog”

“Stray Dog” has a special place in the Amigo The Devil catalog. “It’s a three-legged dog of its own identity,”
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Diamond Day's "Summerland"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Diamond Day’s “Summerland”

Béatrix Méthé typically gleans musical inspiration from fully formed lyrics. “Summerland” was an exception. “The music took over, and I
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A Conversation With Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke)

A Conversation With Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke)

It took a while for Blackberry Smoke and much-decorated producer Dave Cobb to get around to each other—20 years, to
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