Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

The Pogues Released “Rum Sodomy & The Lash” 40 Years Ago Today

40 years ago today, the Pogues released Rum Sodomy & The Lash. The sounds of long ago. Read our review

Happy birthday Matthew Caws (Nada Surf). Always love. Cover photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov. Listen to our MAGNET Classics

50 years ago today, the Runaways formed. Born to be bad. Read Joan Jett’s MAGNET cover interview with Against Me!’s

Happy birthday Pat Smear (Foo Fighters, Germs, Nirvana). So we fell in love with a musician … Photo for MAGNET

Happy birthday President Obama. Artists you love who’ve been on the cover of MAGNET: the Black Keys, the National, Okkervil

Happy birthday Louis Armstrong. You made the world more wonderful. Read Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Baseball Project) in MAGNET on

Happy birthday Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds, Echo & The Bunnymen, Coral). Pure and simple. Read our 120 Reasons To Live

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania