Category: FEATURES

Trust the art, not the artist—isn’t that what they always say? Notorious music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector died

It’s Doug Sahm’s birthday. Of course, the Sahm legend has only grown since his untimely passing, and we’ve been more

"Simply put, rock rarely gets this good.” Those words—so sharp and pithy they made the record’s hype sticker—were part of

A decade and a half after the tragic and senseless death of drummer Michael Dahlquist, MAGNET's Andrew Earles reflects on

It’s been a curious journey thus far for Joey Plunkett—from fronting much-admired Brooklyn band the Weight to largely abandoning music

Luke Schneider isn’t a household name by any stretch, and Altar Of Harmony (Third Man) isn’t likely to change that.

David Schelzel weathered the Ocean Blue’s early success remarkably well—so well that it never really dawned on him that 2019

Time is strange. The punks told us to burn the past, that anything new beats anything old through sheer youth.

If prospective employers were to review Lukas Nelson’s work history, they’d likely be struck by its diversity. Aside for his

For Ian Noe, getting the right road-kill shot became an obsession. “I couldn’t get it out of my head,” says

Jesse Dayton long ago gave up on mainstream success, choosing instead to lend his voice, guitar skills and can-do attitude

Lucette (a.k.a. Lauren Gillis) has been called everything from indie pop to folk to R&B to country, sometimes in the

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