Normal History Vol. 569: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 569: 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: Large Unit Fendika's "Ethiobraz"

Essential New Music: Large Unit Fendika’s “Ethiobraz”

One quality that Paal Nilssen-Love has sustained across decades of work in improvised music is transparency. No matter who he
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Live Review: Pip Blom, Lightninging, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 23, 2019

Live Review: Pip Blom, Lightninging, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 23, 2019

Limbs whipping, hair flipping, Pip Blom sped through a dozen twisty, slippery and chunky indie-rock tunes at Philly's Kung Fu
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Joker's Wild: British Punk Legends The Adicts Gave Us A Glorious Feeling, And We're Happy Again

Joker’s Wild: British Punk Legends The Adicts Gave Us A Glorious Feeling, And We’re Happy Again

OK, millennials, that's not Joaquin Phoenix or Heath Ledger. That's Keith "Monkey" Warren, frontman of British punk band the Adicts.
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The Basement Crepes (Breakfast Special): The Wakenbake Café Needs Your Help!

The Basement Crepes (Breakfast Special): The Wakenbake Café Needs Your Help!

1234567891011 MAGNET’s Mitch Myers keeps the funny side up with a Jerry Garcia photo contest in Marin County Sad news
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Chicago Hope: The Windy City's Twin Peaks, Lala Lala And Ohmme Thrill In The City Of Brotherly Love

Chicago Hope: The Windy City’s Twin Peaks, Lala Lala And Ohmme Thrill In The City Of Brotherly Love

Twin Peaks played Philly's Union Transfer supporting excellent fourth album Lookout Low (Grand Jury), produced by the esteemed Ethan Johns.
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Normal History Vol. 568: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 568: 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
/ DAVID LESTER ART, FREE MP3s
Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, Collingswood, NJ, Feb. 1, 2020

Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, Collingswood, NJ, Feb. 1, 2020

With her warm, husky voice and intense presence, Margo Timmins has a paradoxical way of inhabitIng songs with languor and
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MAGNET Exclusive: The Story Behind Nada Surf's “So Much Love”

MAGNET Exclusive: The Story Behind Nada Surf’s “So Much Love”

Cautious optimism would appear to be the operative theme on Never Not Together (Barsuk), Nada Surf’s eighth proper studio album,
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Making America Crip Again: Snoop Dogg Still Rises To The Top

Making America Crip Again: Snoop Dogg Still Rises To The Top

Snoop Dogg hit the road to support 17th album I Wanna Thank Me, and the 48-year-old rap legend pulled out
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Dave Simonett’s “Revoked”

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Dave Simonett’s “Revoked”

Due out March 13, Red Tail (Thirty Tigers) is coming from a much different place than 2017’s Furnace. That’s because
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The Basement Vapes, Volume 10: Definitely Maybe—Jeff Beck Is Rock’s Greatest Interpreter

The Basement Vapes, Volume 10: Definitely Maybe—Jeff Beck Is Rock’s Greatest Interpreter

OK, Boomers! MAGNET’s Mitch Myers dives deep under the covers with guitarist Jeff Beck while Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright, Charlie
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Normal History Vol. 567: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 567: 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
/ DAVID LESTER ART, FREE MP3s
A Conversation With Richard Lowenstein ("Mystify: Michael Hutchence")

A Conversation With Richard Lowenstein (“Mystify: Michael Hutchence”)

To say that Mystify: Michael Hutchence was a labor of love for director Richard Lowenstein is sort of an understatement.
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Masked But Not Anonymous: Jonathan Bree's Live Show Proves That He's So Cool

Masked But Not Anonymous: Jonathan Bree’s Live Show Proves That He’s So Cool

The man in the unironic mask is Jonathan Bree, the New Zealand musician, producer and label mogul who led twee-pop
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Essential New Music: En Attendant Ana's "Juillet"

Essential New Music: En Attendant Ana’s “Juillet”

Is any topic better suited to being rendered in a non-native language than love? You want to make yourself clear,
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Normal History Vol. 566: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 566: 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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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania