Sharon Van Etten Reminds Us Today That She Is A Force To Be Reckoned With

Sharon Van Etten Reminds Us Today That She Is A Force To Be Reckoned With

Sharon Van Etten just released fifth album Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar), and she's on the road all this month supporting
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32nd Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert Delivers Music And A Message

32nd Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert Delivers Music And A Message

Philip Glass was the artistic director and curator of the 32nd annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall
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Mount Moriah's H.C. McEntire Brings Her Southern Comfort Up North

Mount Moriah’s H.C. McEntire Brings Her Southern Comfort Up North

Mount Moriah frontwoman H.C. McEntire issued solo debut Lionheart a year ago via Merge, and the LP featured a little
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Ireland's SOAK Brings "Grim Town" To Our Town And Knocks Us Off Our Feet

Ireland’s SOAK Brings “Grim Town” To Our Town And Knocks Us Off Our Feet

On April 26, SOAK will issue sophomore album Grim Town via Rough Trade. Bridie Monds-Watson—the 22-year-old Derry, Ireland, native who
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Techno? Heck No: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks Wig Out At Brooklyn Steel

Techno? Heck No: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks Wig Out At Brooklyn Steel

Before Stephen Malkmus officially transforms from guitar geek to electronic egghead with the March 15 release of Groove Denied (Matador),
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Hell's Belle: Neko Case Brings Fire And Brimstone To The Keswick Theatre

Hell’s Belle: Neko Case Brings Fire And Brimstone To The Keswick Theatre

Longtime fave Neko Case made MAGNET's number-one singer/songwriter album of last year, Hell-On (Anti-), and she was just in our
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House Of Wax: Torres Rocks A Philadelphia Basement On Her Solo Tour

House Of Wax: Torres Rocks A Philadelphia Basement On Her Solo Tour

Torres was in the house! Well, not our house, but some other Philadelphian’s. But we went, so it was sorta
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Alejandro Escovedo Brings His Mexican-American Concept Album And Italian Backing Band To Philly's Aptly Named World Cafe Live

Alejandro Escovedo Brings His Mexican-American Concept Album And Italian Backing Band To Philly’s Aptly Named World Cafe Live

It's nice seeing a music lifer like Alejandro Escovedo making some of his most vital music this deep into his
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"It" Rapper Noname Brings Her Poetry Of Emotions To The City Of Sisterly Love

“It” Rapper Noname Brings Her Poetry Of Emotions To The City Of Sisterly Love

Telefone, Noname's debut mixtape, was our number-four hip-hop album of 2016, while her first studio LP, Room 25, was our
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New Supergroup Hammered Hulls Hits The Road For The First Time

New Supergroup Hammered Hulls Hits The Road For The First Time

Members of Ex Hex, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, the Nation Of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Edsel and the Warmers walk
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Arc Iris, Great Time, Square Peg Round Hole

Arc Iris, Great Time, Square Peg Round Hole

Providence, R.I.'s Arc Iris made its way down I-95 last week to Philly's Milkboy on tour to promote latest album
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Pylon Reenactment Society, THICK And KAG Kick Off The New Year In Brooklyn

Pylon Reenactment Society, THICK And KAG Kick Off The New Year In Brooklyn

We took preventative measures before our annual case of the "January blues" fully kicked in: this awesome triple bill at
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Winter Jazzfest 2019: Where No Jazzman Has Gone Before

Winter Jazzfest 2019: Where No Jazzman Has Gone Before

Gary Bartz It's the 15th annual Winter Jazzfest. MAGNET's Mitch Myers discovers that space still is the place. Photos by
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Philly's Punk Permutations With Mothers, Empath And Corey Flood

Philly’s Punk Permutations With Mothers, Empath And Corey Flood

One of our New Year's resolutions was to shop local more often, and we did just that last week with
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