Live Review: Grocer, Grace Vonderkuhn, Flanafi With Ape School, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 4, 2021
Grocer With a two-month cross-country tour behind it, Grocer headlined a solid three-band, local-ish bill at PhilaMOCA, sounding even tighter
Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: The Bands
MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos. Erykah Badu Big Thief
Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: The Crowd
MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos.
A Conversation With Peach Pit
Peach Pit is an indie surf-rock band that’s already played major festivals including Bumbershoot, Shaky Knees and Bonnaroo. The Vancouver
Normal History Vol. 653: 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
Don’t Play Him Cheap: Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021)
Iconic 20th-century renaissance man Melvin Van Peebles died September 22 at the age of 89. As a writer and director,
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.: The Sea.Hear.Now Fest Turns Three With Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol, Patti Smith And More
Sea.Hear.Now is fast becoming one of our favorite festivals, and not just because it's in nearby Asbury Park, N.J. We've
The Sound Of Metal: Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium And Hatebreed Turn It Up, Bring The Noise
We usually leave talk of extreme music to the experts at our sister magazine Decibel, so if Megadeth and Lamb
In Memoriam: Infinity Cat Recordings
Only youth affords the intestinal fortitude to name a band Diarrhea Planet. “I just hate that word,” says Robert Ellis
Normal History Vol. 652: 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: Gerycz / Powers / Rolin’s “Lamplighter”
A survey of “what’s in your bag” record-store interviews is bound to reveal that most music lovers nowadays like more
A Conversation With Moviola
Columbus, Ohio-based Moviola’s first record, 1995’s Frantic, was certainly representative of its era, featuring melodic, occasionally noisy rock, and while
My Morning Jacket And Brittany Howard Deliver A Whole Lot Of What New York City Needed
My Morning Jacket is playing U.S. shows—its first headlining gigs in six years—throughout the rest of 2021. The band’s self-titled
Trampin’ In The Poconos: Patti Smith Guitarist Lenny Kaye Brings The Peace And Noise To Stroudsburg, Pa.
He's been Patti Smith's lead guitarist from the start. He's worked with R.E.M., Allen Ginsberg, Suzanne Vega and Joey Ramone,
R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
We are beyond shocked and saddened to share that MAGNET senior writer Jonathan Valania passed away unexpectedly September 11. Valania
Normal History Vol. 651: 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
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Chris Stamey & Kirk Ross’ “Love (Un Ballet Électrique)” Video
Photo by John Chumbris It was summer 1994. While the rest of the U.S. was mourning the death of Kurt

















