Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Anti-Flag’s “American Fall”

Considering the results of the last presidential election and its attendant fallout, the times are ripe for a revitalization of

January 28, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If 2014’s Morning Phase was surprising (and winning in every way) for its soft, supple melancholy—a distant cousin to Beck’s

January 27, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Neither as bracingly rude as the Sex Pistols nor as persuasively political as the Clash, the Jam didn’t translate Stateside

January 25, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Jeremy Enigk shouldn’t be a hidden gem. Not after four albums with the legendary Sunny Day Real Estate and a

January 24, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Hyping Boston-based hardcore heroes Converge to a readership with backgrounds steeped in indie rock (i.e., most of you reading MAGNET)

January 23, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Without bothering to apologize for any perceived punning, never mind Dave Grohl and Pat Smear’s hardcore, noise-punk pedigrees any longer.

January 21, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Some folks do their best to sound like their heroes; Kelley Stoltz once did a note-for-note re-creation of Echo &

January 20, 2018 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC