Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

MAGNET readers probably know guitarist and visual artist David Lester from his weekly contribution to our virtual pages, which pairs

Part of the deal for rock ‘n’ roll fans is to be interested in, and often obsessed with, band minutiae.

Given a cursory look, the Trypes might’ve seemed like a just another hobby band. First formed in 1982, they were

There’s no mistaking jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler’s influence. The breadth and power of his tone on the tenor are unparalleled,

In 2005, with Guided By Voices freshly defunct, a group of Chicago musicians began playing shows as the Textbook Committee,

The title Ghosted is a bit of a red herring. It suggests absence, but the only time no one showed

Count on Keiji Haino to turn the task of naming an album into an act of myth-making that would cause

We live in a time of plague, war and upheaval. If Jozef Van Wissem was in a talking mood, he

Pity whoever has to award the title Hardest Working Person In Show Business. How could you narrow it down to

Vector 23, the seventh LP from multi-city rockers Joseph Airport, is the song cycle about infamous airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper

In/Out/In is not a “new” Sonic Youth archival release. Everything on it has been released before. Two tracks were on

Forty-one years ago, Roy Montgomery and his colleagues in the Pin Group helped launch a specular run of independently made,

The Incredible String Band’s truckload of instruments and Yes’s multi-necked guitars did each band’s appeal no harm; novelty begets intrigue

One possible upside of being a solo performer in these times is that you’re equipped to carry on in isolation.

The Silt Trio’s name clues you in to its relationship with history. The group churns layers of accumulated knowledge, mixing