Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Tommy Stinson (Replacements, Bash & Pop, Guns N’ Roses). Anything could happen. Read our Q&A with him: A

45 years ago today, XTC released Go 2. Still super-tuff. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Skylarking: MAGNET

Happy 75th birthday Glenn Branca. R.I.P. Bittersweet symphony.

45 years ago today, Johnny Thunders released debut album So Alone. Chrissie Hynde! Phil Lynott! Steve Jones! Steve Marriott! Paul

50 years ago today, Lou Reed released Berlin. What is in your mind? Read Steve Kilbey (Church) in MAGNET on

30 years ago today, Uncle Tupelo released final album Anodyne. We’ll get there eventually. Read our Q&A with Jay Farrar

Happy 75th birthday Russell Mael (Sparks). Exotic creature of the deep. Photo for MAGNET by Sean Shroff. Read our Q&A

30 years ago today, Yo La Tengo released Painful. We don’t have to talk. Read our MAGNET Classics on the

30 years ago today, the Afghan Whigs released Gentlemen. It’s in our heart, it’s in our head. Read our MAGNET

Happy birthday Colin Meloy (Decemberists). We all raise our voices to the air. Photo for MAGNET by Alicia J. Rose.

30 years ago today, Mazzy Star released So Tonight That I Might See. Smiles cover your heart. Read our Lost

50 years ago today, Bryan Ferry released debut album These Foolish Things. Don’t ever change. Read our classic Q&A with

Happy birthday Bob Geldof (Live Aid, Boomtown Rats). Here’s to you.

30 years ago today, Swervedriver released Mezcal Head. You’ve been away for so long. Read our Lost Classics review of