FatherJohnMisty

MAGNET’s #3 Album Of 2015: Father John Misty’s “I Love You, Honeybear”

On one hand, J. Tillman’s second album as Father John Misty is junk food for the soul—as irresistibly self-destructive as
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MAGNET’s #4 Album Of 2015: Courtney Barnett's "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit"

MAGNET’s #4 Album Of 2015: Courtney Barnett’s “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”

“Put me on a pedestal, and I’ll only disappoint you,” warns Australian folk-rocker Courtney Barnett on a punk-chorded “Pedestrian At
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RoyalHeadache

MAGNET’s #5 Album Of 2015: Royal Headache’s “High”

The second LP from this Sydney, Australia quartet—its members are identified only as Shogun (vocals), Law (guitar), Joe (bass) and
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JoannaNewsom

MAGNET’s #6 Album Of 2015: Joanna Newsom’s “Divers”

Has it really been nearly six years since Have One On Me? But it just stopped playing! (Have one on
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MAGNET’s #7 Album Of 2015: The Libertines' "Anthems For Doomed Youth"

MAGNET’s #7 Album Of 2015: The Libertines’ “Anthems For Doomed Youth”

That the Libertines—returning to the spotlight after imploding more than a decade ago—managed to record a new album, let alone
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SufjanStevens

MAGNET’s #8 Album Of 2015: Sufjan Stevens’ “Carrie & Lowell”

After a decade and a half of holding it down as indie’s resident maximalist (try finding a review of Illinois
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Deafheaven

MAGNET’s #9 Album Of 2015: Deafheaven’s “New Bermuda”

Deafheaven is by no means the first metal band to combine the delicate and the brutal, but by god, the
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania