Category: FEATURES

The Wrens: Street Hassle

“Dear MAGNET readers,” says Charles Bissell, “some of us could have sired some of you.” Wrens guitarist Bissell is having

May 13, 2003 / FEATURES

The underground rock scene in your average mid-sized American city is a bubble of incestuous behavior that often begets the

February 5, 2003 / FEATURES

MAGNET presents a case study on the state of the music biz: an industry hopelessly addicted to the press generated

January 3, 2003 / FEATURES

2002’s front-line misadventures of MAGNET reporter-at-large Jonathan Valania, who mailed us this letter from his foxhole just outside Elliott Smith’s

December 17, 2002 / FEATURES

Doug Sahm is a giant of American music, and he's even bigger than that in his home state of Texas.

September 24, 2002 / FEATURES

Of skinny ties and fat guitar hooks, of teenage love songs sung by jaded adults, of heaven-sent harmonies announcing hearts

September 11, 2002 / FEATURES

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania