Live Review: Grocer, Grace Vonderkuhn, Flanafi With Ape School, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 4, 2021

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
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Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: The Bands

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
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Images From The Pitchfork Music Festival 2021: The Crowd

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.
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A Conversation With Peach Pit

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
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Normal History Vol. 653: The Art Of David Lester

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
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Don't Play Him Cheap: Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021)

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,
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Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.: The Sea.Hear.Now Fest Turns Three With Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol, Patti Smith And More

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
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The Sound Of Metal: Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium And Hatebreed Turn It Up, Bring The Noise

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
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In Memoriam: Infinity Cat Recordings

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
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Normal History Vol. 652: The Art Of David Lester

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
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Essential New Music: Gerycz / Powers / Rolin's "Lamplighter"

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
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A Conversation With Moviola

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
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My Morning Jacket And Brittany Howard Deliver A Whole Lot Of What New York City Needed

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
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Trampin' In The Poconos: Patti Smith Guitarist Lenny Kaye Brings The Peace And Noise To Stroudsburg, Pa.

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,
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

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
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Normal History Vol. 651: The Art Of David Lester

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
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Chris Stamey & Kirk Ross' "Love (Un Ballet Électrique)" Video

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
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania