Best Of 2019: Noise
MAGNET’s Raymond Cummings picks the best noise releases of the year 1) Kelly Ruth Forms (Pseudo Laboratories)2) Stelzer/Murray Commuter (Humanhood)3)
Best Of 2019: Punk
MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) The Flesh Eaters I Used To Be Pretty
Best Of 2019: Hip Hop
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana (Keep Cool/Madlib Invazion/ESGN/RCA)2)
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Best Of 2019: Jazz/Improv
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Mandatory Reality
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Normal History Vol. 560: 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 Marshall Crenshaw’s “Twenty-Five Forty-One”
Marshall Crenshaw has regained ownership of the five albums he issued on Razor & Tie Records. So the longtime MAGNET
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Days Of Future Past: Maggie Rogers Shows Why She Is One To Watch
2019 has been quite the year for 25-year-old singer/songwriter Maggie Rogers. Not only has her debut LP, Heard It In
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Lux Interior: Karen O & Danger Mouse Dazzle At Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre
Karen O, Danger Mouse and their 10-piece live band brought a spectacular stage show to Brooklyn's Kings Theatre in support
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The House Of Vans Philly Pop-Up (The Portraits): Tierra Whack, Y La Bamba, Hop Along, Phantogram, Orion Sun, Channel Tres
Tierra Whack The House Of Vans Philly pop-up featured DJs, art/photography installations, retrospectives and workshops—and, of course, skateboarding. While all
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The House Of Vans Philly Pop-Up (The Performances): Y La Bamba, Tierra Whack, Phantogram, Hop Along, Channel Tres, Orion Sun
La Bamba The House Of Vans Philly pop-up featured DJs, art/photography installations, retrospectives and workshops—and, of course, skateboarding. While all
Essential New Music: The High Sheriffs’ “High Sheriffs”
And you thought the cops were selling all that confiscated greenery. Nope, they’ve been holed up behind locked doors, dampened
Normal History Vol. 559: 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: Made To Break’s “F4 Fake”
In Ken Vandermark’s music, method matters. While the Chicago-based saxophone and clarinet player never performs like it doesn’t matter, each
R.I.P. Slayer: The Thrash Legends Take One Last Bite Out Of The Big Apple
Slayer—as of this past Saturday night, a band no more—played its last New York City show at Madison Square Garden.
Live Review: Wilco, New York City, Oct. 12, 2019
For my 20th Wilco show in 20 years, it was a veritable feast to see and hear the band at
A Conversation With Shoes
Whether you call them rock, pop or (that much-maligned label) power pop, Shoes have made some of the most crunchy-yet-melodic
Live Review: Rhett Miller, Philadelphia, Oct. 23, 2019
In his first appearance at Philly’s new City Winery, Rhett Miller treated the toasty crowd to rarities like “Meteor Shower”
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
