Category: BEST OF 2017
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MAGNET’s #5 Album Of 2017: Manchester Orchestra’s “A Black Mile To The Surface”
One of the biggest coming-out parties of 2017, Manchester Orchestra’s A Black Mile To The Surface locates the Atlanta band
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MAGNET’s #6 Album Of 2017: Sampha’s “Process”
You can learn a lot about who’s got next by watching the VIP section at Coachella. When Stormzy, Mura Masa,
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MAGNET’s #7 Album Of 2017: Future Islands’ “The Far Field”
The narrative for Future Islands’ fifth album is simple and linear: The Samuel Herring-fronted synth-pop band struck gold with “Seasons
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MAGNET’s #8 Album Of 2017: Queens Of The Stone Age’s “Villains”
Queens Of The Stone Age records are like strangers sidling up to you at a dive bar with a double
MAGNET’s #9 Album Of 2017: Sylvan Esso’s “What Now”
It’s fun to fall down the wormhole of Sylvan Esso remixes, which are essentially reimagined twists—sometimes by others, just as
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MAGNET’s #10 Album Of 2017: Cigarettes After Sex’s “Cigarettes After Sex”
Quiet-storm guitar rock can be a beautiful thing—just think of the languid, deep-blue mood pieces of yore created by Mazzy
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
MAGNET’s #11 Album Of 2017: Japanese Breakfast’s “Soft Sounds From Another Planet”
Michelle Zauner is a firm believer in love; it was woven tightly into the fabric of Psychopomp, the brilliant 2016
MAGNET’s #12 Album Of 2017: LCD Soundsystem’s “American Dream”
Anyone who took James Murphy seriously when LCD Soundsystem played its supposed last show in 2011 is a dope. Quit
