Category: RECORD REVIEWS

Record Review: The Mountain Goats’ “Beat The Champ”

We smell what John Darnielle is cooking on an adventurous Mountain Goats concept album For most artists, a concept album

April 18, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

Guitar gymnastics and indie anti-heroism coexist on Built To Spill’s first record in more than six years Guitars. Epic-length expository

April 9, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

Modest Mouse resurfaces with a flawed twilight opus nonetheless pitch-perfect for our bummed-out times "I guess I’ll ride this winter

March 31, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

Anders Parker flexes all of his considerable creative muscles with his latest—and perhaps best—solo album. Looking back over the breadth

June 9, 2014 / RECORD REVIEWS

Will repeated listening to the Flaming Lips' dark, depressing and intense new album drive you insane? MAGNET's Matthew Fritch aims

October 22, 2013 / RECORD REVIEWS

Twenty years later, In Utero reigns as Nirvana’s poetic, grimy apex It’s always the question with Nirvana, the most important

October 15, 2013 / RECORD REVIEWS

Will repeated listening to the Flaming Lips' dark, depressing and intense new album drive you insane? MAGNET's Matthew Fritch aims

July 2, 2013 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania