Category: FEATURES

Tortoise: Document And Eyewitness

The Catastrophist Tour Book captures Tortoise’s onstage energy “Nothing in Tortoise ever happens quickly,” says bassist/guitarist Doug McCombs, in what

January 10, 2018 / FEATURES

Destroyer: Use Your Delusion

With his new Destroyer album, Dan Bejar once again renews his license to confuse When John Ashbery died in September,

January 8, 2018 / FEATURES

End Christian: Extreme Makeover

With End Christian, members of Hex Inverter, Brutal Truth, Dälek and others explore their subdued sides “Indie-rock disco” was how

January 5, 2018 / FEATURES

The Horrors: The Brat Pack

Britain’s the Horrors go totally '80s on their fifth album In retrospect, Faris Badwan sheepishly admits that he didn’t think

January 1, 2018 / FEATURES

Normal History Vol. 458: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

December 30, 2017 / DAVID LESTER ART, FEATURES

Pine Barons: Isolation Drills

The rural Jerseyites in Pine Barons make the most of their teenage wasteland Speaking of making music in Shamong, a

December 29, 2017 / FEATURES

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Tom Hickox: Orchestral Manoeuvres

Songwriter/composer Tom Hickox gets expansive on Monsters In The Deep Tom Hickox’s first album, 2014’s well-received War, Peace And Diplomacy,

December 22, 2017 / FEATURES