Category: BEST OF 2017

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

25. House And Land | House And Land (Thrill Jockey) The past has a lot to say to the present,

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

By now, it’s common knowledge that the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel is an obsessive tinkerer. So we’ll never know

After breaking out with an album-length survey of the freaks and geeks found at most social gatherings (2015’s Time To

One of the biggest coming-out parties of 2017, Manchester Orchestra’s A Black Mile To The Surface locates the Atlanta band

You can learn a lot about who’s got next by watching the VIP section at Coachella. When Stormzy, Mura Masa,

The narrative for Future Islands’ fifth album is simple and linear: The Samuel Herring-fronted synth-pop band struck gold with “Seasons

Queens Of The Stone Age records are like strangers sidling up to you at a dive bar with a double

It’s fun to fall down the wormhole of Sylvan Esso remixes, which are essentially reimagined twists—sometimes by others, just as

Quiet-storm guitar rock can be a beautiful thing—just think of the languid, deep-blue mood pieces of yore created by Mazzy