John Carpenter At Knockdown Center, Queens, NY

John Carpenter At Knockdown Center, Queens, NY

John Carpenter at Knockdown Center, Queens, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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Normal History Vol. 864: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 864: 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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A Conversation With Colin Blunstone (Zombies)

A Conversation With Colin Blunstone (Zombies)

Odessey And Oracle is one of the ’60s era’s great last gasps, its final track, “Time Of The Season,” a
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MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Aitis Band's "IV"

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-Album Premiere Of Aitis Band’s “IV”

Joan Of Arc frontman Tim Kinsella may get more attention for his forays into the avant-garde, but former JOA members
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Snowmen's "Primordial Soup"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Snowmen’s “Primordial Soup”

“Primordial Soup” was a sort of post-punk litmus test for Snowmen. “It’s one of the first songs we wrote together,”
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Five Questions With The Happy Fits

Five Questions With The Happy Fits

For a band that had been on a three-year roll, things couldn’t have gone much worse for the Happy Fits
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Surface Wound's "No Prize"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Surface Wound’s “No Prize”

“No Prize” began life as a Google search. “We found the trashy drum loop by searching ‘post punk drum loop
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pôt-Pot's "The Lights Are On" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pôt-Pot’s “The Lights Are On” Video

Pôt-Pot’s latest single was written during a period of profound personal change for Mark Waldron-Hyden. “It left me dissociated or
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MAGNET Exclusive: Los Straitjackets Go Track By Track On "Somos Los Straitjackets"

MAGNET Exclusive: Los Straitjackets Go Track By Track On “Somos Los Straitjackets”

After 30-odd years, you’d think Los Straitjackets would be over their identity crisis. But as it turns out, they’ve known
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Night Teacher's "Everything I've Had"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Night Teacher’s “Everything I’ve Had”

Personal evolution is a hot topic among a talented and diverse crop of female singer/songwriters these days, and Lilly Bechtel
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Essential New Music: Thomas Ankersmit's "The Dip"

Essential New Music: Thomas Ankersmit’s “The Dip”

Modular synthesizers aren’t just instruments. They can be a way of life, with practitioners getting deeper into the circuits, erecting
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Sammy Brue's "Lord, I'm Ready Now"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Sammy Brue’s “Lord, I’m Ready Now”

The Journals is a tribute album in the most authentic sense. On it, Sammy Brue pays homage to Justin Townes
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Live Review: The Mountain Goats, Ardmore, PA, Oct. 3, 2025

Live Review: The Mountain Goats, Ardmore, PA, Oct. 3, 2025

The Mountain Goats called their short fall tour “Presentiments Of Doom With A Terrific View Of The Sunset,” and that’s
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Iggy Pop At The Anthem, Washington, DC

Iggy Pop At The Anthem, Washington, DC

Iggy Pop at the Anthem, Washington, D.C. Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Oceans Calling 2025

Oceans Calling 2025

The Oceans Calling Festival once again lit up the Ocean City, Md., boardwalk with an unforgettable weekend of music, art
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Normal History Vol. 863: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 863: 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: Rachael Yamagata Goes Track By Track On "Starlit Alchemy"

MAGNET Exclusive: Rachael Yamagata Goes Track By Track On “Starlit Alchemy”

Rachael Yamagata has had nine years to process the torrent of sorrow and uncertainty she funneled into Starlit Alchemy (Jullian).
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