Car Seat Headrest: Jukebox Hero
Under the covers with Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo Car Seat Headrest is a fiercely fine-tuned live beast of a
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Berry’s “Fragments” Video
2018 marks the 16th year of Berry's existence, and to mark the occasion, Joyful Noise has issued the quartet's third
Essential New Music: Car Seat Headrest’s “Twin Fantasy (Face To Face)”
“My boy, we don’t see each other much.” And on this shouty, Animal Collective-ish note, Will Toledo—the brains and brawn
What I’ve Learned: Eric T. Miller, MAGNET Editor-In-Chief (1993-Present), 46, Philadelphia
MAGNET's editor-in-chief soberly reflects on what he’s learned over the past 25 years, 150 issues and enough alcohol to kill
Essential New Music: Felt’s “A Decade In Music” And Go-Kart Mozart’s “Mozart’s Mini-Mart”
Felt was one of Britain’s best indie bands of the 1980s that never quite got its due in the States.
In The News: Jim James, Father John Misty, Lykke Li, English Beat, Prefuse 73, Essex Green, Black Sabbath, Jeremy Enigk, Mick Ronson, Eric Clapton, Gene Clark And More
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James will release third solo album Uniform Distortion on June 29 via ATO. The 11-track
Essential New Music: Holger Czukay’s “Cinema”
Released to coincide with what would’ve been his 80th birthday, Cinema is a gorgeous, shady and gawky overview of what
Normal History Vol. 474: The Art Of David Lester
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Cheer-Accident’s “Done”
If you want to impress your friends by saying you got in on the ground floor with Cheer-Accident via the
Totally Mild: Sense Of A Woman
Melbourne’s Totally Mild comes of age with Her “Her is an album about being a woman—knowing women intimately, relating to
Throwback Thursday: Lucy Dacus’ “No Burden” (MAGNET’s #1 Album Of 2016)
Cover photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov With the release of her excellent new sophomore album Historian (read our review
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of US, Today’s “Spellcaster (Dr. Spirit)”
Did you ever wonder what would happen if Us Weekly and USA Today merged? Well, the result would decidedly not
Essential New Music: Lucy Dacus’ “Historian”
“I’m afraid of pain, both yours and mine,” sings Lucy Dacus plaintively on the cold open to “Yours And Mine,”
Wayback Wednesday: Wild Beasts
Now MAGNET faves Wild Beasts have officially broken up, we look back on the feature we did when the quartet's
Wild Beasts: Going Out In Style
Britain’s Wild Beasts end their 15-year career with a live-in-the-studio LP Leaving on a high note was of paramount importance
Franz Ferdinand: All My Friends
Franz Ferdinand is playing at James Murphy’s house. One of the best Franz Ferdinand performances is on an LCD Soundsystem
Record Review: Franz Ferdinand’s “Always Ascending”
Franz Ferdinand seems to have a thing for laziness. In addition to the Glasgow band’s generally louche persona, there’s a
Superchunk: Mac Takes The Wheel
How Superchunk streamlined its songwriting process Our Noise, John Cook’s excellent oral history of Merge Records written with Mac McCaughan
Superchunk: Pretty Hate Machine
Indie-rock institution Superchunk tempers a grim worldview with uplifting punk melodies Given the subject matter of Superchunk’s 11th record, it’s
Essential New Music: Kississippi’s “Sunset Blush”
It was difficult not to get too excited when Philly’s Kississippi released “Cut Yr Teeth” back in December. It felt
Record Review: The Decemberists’ “I’ll Be Your Girl”
Anyone who’s been cussed out by “Ben Franklin’s Song” knows Colin Meloy still has some poison left in his quill.
In The News: Johnny Marr, Matthew Sweet, Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck, Gang Gang Dance, Gruff Rhys, Manic Street Preachers, Fall, Megadeth, Chrissie Hynde And More
Heeeeere's Johnny! Smiths co-founder, former MAGNET cover star and one of the greatest guitarists currently walking the planet Johnny Marr
Essential New Music: Tania Chen With Thurston Moore, David Toop, And Jon Leidecker’s “John Cage: Electronic Music For Piano”
The title of Electronic Music For Piano isn’t the only paradoxical thing about it. The score, which updates an earlier











