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Essential New Music: Smoke Bellow’s “Open For Business”
Open For Business. The title is an invitation, and you don’t need to be a former customer to get in
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MAGNET Television: Q&A With Alex Maas (The Black Angels)
Despite the uncertainty of everything due to this seemingly never-ending pandemic, the always-working Alex Maas and his Black Angels cohorts
A Basement Tale: The Perfect Beat
We don’t know what he was smoking, but MAGNET’s Mitch Myers wrote this most salacious story under the tell-tale influence
Live Review: Rufus Wainwright, José González, Glenside, PA, Oct. 2, 2021
No matter what he elects to sing, Rufus Wainwright does it with passion, pleasure and undeniable pizzazz. His one-of-a-kind talent
Normal History Vol. 658: The Art Of David Lester
Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
New York Kiss: Spoon Summoned All The Weird Kids Up Front In Brooklyn
Spoon just wrapped up a small number of dates across the U.S. and today is live-streaming Back To The Life:
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Live Review: Big Thief, Mind Maintenance, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 1, 2021
During the first of two sold-out shows at Union Transfer, Big Thief shelved its reputation for mellowness and revved up
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Essential New Music: Antietam Plus’ “His Majesty’s Request: A Wink O’Bannon Select”
In every local music scene, there’s a person who knows. They know the tunes, the sounds and the ways to
A Conversation With Lilly Hiatt
Every artist with an album (or two) in the hopper this fall has COVID to thank for the unexpected downtime
Live Review: Half Gringa, Laura Lizcano, Swim Camp, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 28, 2021
Chicago’s Half Gringa has a way of getting you lost in a deep, dark melody, then shining a light in
Normal History Vol. 657: The Art Of David Lester
Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
Essential New Music: Parquet Courts’ “Sympathy For Life”
Stepping forward while looking back, Parquet Courts push musical boundaries while still retaining a sense of identity on Sympathy For
Solid Gold: Leon Bridges And Abraham Alexander Bring Some Fort Worth Flavor To Philly
If you missed Leon Bridges on his recent U.S. tour, fear not: The Grammy-winning soul singer will be back next
MAGNET Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Matthew Sweet’s “Girlfriend”
Longtime MAGNET contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine over the years,
Live Review: Patti Smith, New York City, Sept. 19, 2021
Audacious as she was as a young artist, Patti Smith never harbored any illusions of immortality. At 25, three years
Essential New Music: Rhyton’s “Pharaonic Crosstalk”
Freedom, Kris Kristofferson once wrote, is just another word for nothing left to lose. Rhyton’s singer and string-bender, Dave Shuford,
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
Keeping The Curtains Closed: R.I.P. The Jazz Butcher
This is the second appreciation I’ve written about a dead musical hero. The first, for guitar-pop legend Tommy Keene, came
