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Jay Farrar doesn’t want to overly politicize Son Volt’s ninth release. “There’s definitely protest songs on it—it’s the tradition of

Long before they wound up having smash hits in America with grandly melodic anthems, rousing choruses and devotional lyrics, Scotland's

After years of trying to find their identity, Frigs are finally ready for their closeup In the eight years since

Urban outfit Palm retreated to a rural farmhouse to make Rock Island Every seven minutes or so, Palm’s Philadelphia apartment

Hopefully, you've already read our brand-new feature on longtime MAGNET fave the Monochrome Set. If not, do it right here,

In most professional contexts, 40 years of service puts you squarely at retirement age. In the music business, it may

Wooden Shjips are releasing new album V. today via our friends at Thrill Jockey, and trust us, it's a must

Prism Tats produces political post-punk with a progressive pith  Garett van der Spek, the South African expatriate who records as

The truth about the night Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum met Father John Misty's Josh Tillman On Now Only’s title track,

With Now Only, Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum is turning loss into art again From 1996 to 2003, Philip Whitman Elvrum

With Dead Magic, Anna von Hausswolff freed herself from a dark place Swedish organist Anna von Hausswolff has made the

Simple Minds' Jim Kerr on his 50-year friendship with press-shy music-making partner Charlie Burchill As its longtime lyricist and singer,

Four decades in, Simple Minds still offer songs of faith and devotion “Concentrating on new music gives us something to

If you didn't read our brand-new feature on Mt. Joy, do so now here. In it, the band talks about

Mt. Joy’s fast and furious 21st-century success story If the internet hadn’t upended the music industry 18 years ago, it’s

The Low Anthem’s inner groove and the parable of the salt doll The story of the salt doll, like most

Albert Hammond Jr. is still saying yes to just saying no Diving into the wreck, as feminist poet Adrienne Rich