Category: BEST OF 2017

MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1 White Reaper The World’s Best American Band (Polyvinyl) 2

MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1 Jaimie Branch Fly Or Die (International Anthem) 2 Bill

MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1 Aminé Good For You (Republic) 2 Kendrick Lamar Damn (Top

MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1 A Giant Dog Toy (Merge) 2 The Replacements For Sale:

MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1 Ozomatli Non Stop: Mexico To Jamaica (Cleopatra) 2 Amadou

MAGNET’s Raymond Cummings picks the best noise releases of the year 1 Various Artists Approach To Fear: Regeneration (Karl Schmidt Verlag)

MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1 Offa Rex The Queen Of Hearts (Nonesuch) 2 Zeal

MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1 Craig Finn We All Want The Same Things (Partisan)

MAGNET’s Andrew Earles picks the best metal releases of the year 1 Sannhet So Numb (Profound Lore) 2 Boris Dear (Sargent House)

MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues of the year 1 Hüsker Dü Savage Young Dü (Numero Group) 2 David

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We caught up with Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield in her hometown of Birmingham, Ala., during some downtime between tour legs for

Make no mistake, MAGNET’s album of the year is about a nasty breakup, but it’s not completely informed by misery

As easy as it is to love the National, it’s also easy to dismiss the band as simultaneously understated and