Category: FEATURES

A Portrait Of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers unearths a vintage drawing of Ramblin’ Jack and revives Shel Silverstein’s liner notes from innovative 1964 album

“Metal Machine Music”: The Sound And The Fury Of Lou Reed’s Most Controversial Album
Almost 50 years after Lou Reed unleashed white-noise opus Metal Machine Music, people are still debating whether it’s brilliant art

Resurrection Rock: “Creem” Magazine Rises From The Dead
If you’re old enough to remember Creem, you’re old enough to remember a time when rock journalism was devoid of

Elizabeth M. Drummond: Alone Again, Naturally
Australian singer/songwriter Elizabeth M. Drummond had a band, a major-label career and a five-year relationship. It all came crashing down

Golden Nuggets: Lenny Kaye’s Classic Garage Rock Anthology Turns 50
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers had too much to dream last night and recalled his homage to Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The

Nashville Dispatch: Goodbye $2 Tuesdays, Hello Derek Hoke
All good things must come to an end—and in the case of $2 Tuesdays, Derek Hoke had it all mapped

The Tailspins: The White Stuff
How Jack White plucked the Tailspins out of obscurity “We were starting from scratch all over again, and a couple

Ohm On The Brain (Or The Miseducation Of Billy Fields)
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers gets extremely graphic and downright vocal on the history of electronic music. Attendance is mandatory. Story and

SXSW 2022: The MAGNET Postmortem
Wet Leg The first in-person SXSW in three years was notable in many ways—especially for what it lacked. No Rachael

SXSW 2022: Aeon Station Lets It Fly
A featured act at this year’s South By Southwest Music Conference, Evan Dando arrived in Austin, Texas, to promote the

Speaking In Tongues With Ornette Coleman
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers recounts the history of a free-jazz pioneer and his Prime Time lessons on sound grammar. Photo by

Tremendous Efforts: Though Dallas Good Is Gone, The Sadies Are Still Yours To Discover
Following the unexpected death of Dallas Good last week, MAGNET’s Mitch Myers revisits some of the Sadies’ many precious moments

O Say Can You “C”: Terry Riley’s Great American Life
What do Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Pete Townshend have in common? MAGNET’s Mitch Myers revisits a harmonious encounter with

The Strength Of Strings: Leo Kottke, John Fahey And The Illustrious “Armadillo Album”
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers explores the unique bond between two guitarists and the mystique of an influential acoustic debut from 1969