Category: BEST OF 2015

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

December 18, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

Has it really been nearly six years since Have One On Me? But it just stopped playing! (Have one on

December 17, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

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

December 17, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

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

December 16, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

Deafheaven is by no means the first metal band to combine the delicate and the brutal, but by god, the

December 16, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

Let’s be real: You are dead inside. You have been since the first Bush administration. You are a callous, unfeeling

December 15, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

“Gentle ... quiet ... careful ... measured ... stable ... ” The ambiguous string of adjectives that opens Low’s 11th

December 15, 2015 / BEST OF 2015

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Sleater-Kinney did everything right with its comeback album, the trio’s first since 2005’s The Woods. Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and

December 14, 2015 / BEST OF 2015