Category: LIVE REVIEWS

Patti Smith Celebrates Birthday, New Book At Brooklyn Steel
Patti Smith celebrated her 76th birthday and new tome, A Book Of Days, with two shows at Brooklyn Steel. MAGNET

A December To Remember: Dinosaur Jr, Guided By Voices, Eugene Mirman, Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield And Wet Leg
While you were dreading the impending holiday season, MAGNET photographer Wes Orshoski went to all the December rock shows that

Live Review: The Smile, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 18, 2022
“Free in the knowledge that one day this will endFree in the knowledge that everything is changeAnd this was just

November Spawned Some Rock Shows: Vets Aid 2022 (Black Keys, Breeders, Nine Inch Nails, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl & More), Mercyful Fate And W.A.S.P.
While you were getting ready for unwanted company on Thanksgiving, MAGNET photographer Wes Orshoski went to all the November rock

Live Review: The Smile, Detroit, MI, Nov. 28, 2022
More than 3,000 people descended into Detroit’s Cass Corridor to see Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner at the

Live Review: Wilco, Built To Spill, New Haven, CT, Aug. 27, 2022
What’s more punk rock than playing midtempo, country-tinged songs in a stadium? Depends on how seriously you take Jeff Tweedy’s

Live Review: The Decemberists, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 25, 2022
Colin Meloy insisted he didn’t want to take sides in the great stand-up or sit-down debate, so the audience at

Red October: Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp, Iron Maiden And Kikagaku Moyo
While you were geeking out at home to House Of The Dragon and The Rings Of Power, MAGNET photographer Wes

September Pearls: New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Smashing Pumpkins And Amyl And The Sniffers
While you were geeking out at home to House Of The Dragon and The Rings Of Power, MAGNET photographer Wes

Live Review: Peaches, Kalifa, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 23, 2022
You’re not going to find The Teaches Of Peaches on too many syllabi as the school year gets underway, but