Category: FEATURES

MAGNET Exclusive: Download Jesse Dayton’s “Bankrobber”
Jesse Dayton long ago gave up on mainstream success, choosing instead to lend his voice, guitar skills and can-do attitude

MAGNET Exclusive: Download Lucette’s “Talk To Myself”
Lucette (a.k.a. Lauren Gillis) has been called everything from indie pop to folk to R&B to country, sometimes in the

MAGNET Exclusive: Download Son Volt’s “Devil May Care”
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

Don’t You Forget About Simple Minds On Tour Starting Tonight
Long before they wound up having smash hits in America with grandly melodic anthems, rousing choruses and devotional lyrics, Scotland's

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

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

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

The Monochrome Set: Bid’s Boutique
In most professional contexts, 40 years of service puts you squarely at retirement age. In the music business, it may

Flashback Friday: Wooden Shjips (Smoke On The Water)
Wooden Shjips are releasing new album V. today via our friends at Thrill Jockey, and trust us, it's a must

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

Mount Eerie: Misty Mountain Hop (Phil Elverum And Josh Tillman’s Not-So Strange Encounter)
The truth about the night Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum met Father John Misty's Josh Tillman On Now Only’s title track,

Mount Eerie: Songs Of Pain And Devotion
With Now Only, Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum is turning loss into art again From 1996 to 2003, Philip Whitman Elvrum

Anna von Hausswolff: No Depression
With Dead Magic, Anna von Hausswolff freed herself from a dark place Swedish organist Anna von Hausswolff has made the

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