Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Jeff Lynne (ELO). The sun will shine on you. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) discussing

Happy birthday Robert Quine (Richard Hell, Lou Reed, Lloyd Cole, John Zorn, Matthew Sweet). To paraphrase fellow birthday boy Bo

Happy 95th birthday Bo Diddley. R.I.P. Ain't it good to be free. Read Marshall Crenshaw in MAGNET on Bo: From

Happy 50th birthday Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.). R.I.P. Mighty like love, mighty like sorrow.

Happy birthday Jim Reid (Jesus And Mary Chain). Here it comes again. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Adam

Happy birthday Marianne Faithfull. No sex with strangers!

Happy 80th birthday Rick Danko (The Band), R.I.P.. Shake it up. Read our review of the Band’s essential The Capitol

Happy birthday Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops). December boy's got it bad. Following his death in 2010, Robert Pollard,

35 years ago today, Sub Pop released Sub Pop 200. Nirvana! Screaming Trees! Mudhoney! Soundgarden! Beat Happening! Green River! Tad!

Happy birthday Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group). Discoverer. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Kevn Kinney (Drivin N Cryin) wrote

Happy birthday Martin “Youth” Glover (Killing Joke, Paul McCartney, Verve). Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Read Moby

Happy 35th birthday Hayley Williams (Paramore). Ain’t it fun. Hayley interviewed Best Coast for a MAGNET cover story. Read it: Exclusive Excerpt:

Happy birthday James Mercer (Shins, Broken Bells). It’s only life. Photos of James for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov; photos of

Happy birthday Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt). No turning back. Read our Q&A with him: A Conversation With Jay