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