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The Decemberists return March 16 with I’ll Be Your Girl (Capitol). Colin Meloy and Co. say they embraced influences such

If 2014’s Morning Phase was surprising (and winning in every way) for its soft, supple melancholy—a distant cousin to Beck’s

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Moniker aside, SAVAK’s tunes and intentions are no laughing matter As a joke, SAVAK singer/songwriter/guitarist Sohrab Habibion—formerly of Obits and

On March 16, Alive Naturalsound will release the fourth studio album from the Bonnevilles. Dirty Photographs is the follow-up to

The Incredible Vickers Brothers will release Torch Songs For Swingers later this month. What better way to get a feel

Neither as bracingly rude as the Sex Pistols nor as persuasively political as the Clash, the Jam didn’t translate Stateside

Seattle’s Dirty Sidewalks just released debut album Bring Down The House Lights (No-Count), a dozen-song LP that follows 2015 single “It’s

Minor Characters return April 6 with sophomore album We Can't Be Wrong. The follow-up to 2014's Voir Dire, the nine-track

R.I.P. Mark E. Smith of the Fall. We’ve heard all the horror stories about him over the years and probably

Today, we’d like to introduce you to one of our latest folk discoveries: River Matthews. Raised in the lovely city

’50s-style punk JD McPherson scares the squares with his Undivided Heart & Soul “Being an art-school kid, I learned that

Jeremy Enigk shouldn’t be a hidden gem. Not after four albums with the legendary Sunny Day Real Estate and a

Congrats on the Oscar nomination, Sufjan Stevens, for Call Me By Your Name. Read of Montreal on Sufjan in MAGNET

Congrats on the Oscar nomination, Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), for Phantom Thread. Bandmate Philip Selway on Jonny in MAGNET: “It’s impossible

As popular country music keeps moving farther and farther away from its traditional Nashville roots, it’s always great to find

When Suicide Sally: A Celebration Of The Music Of Suicide And Alan Vega unfurls in real time on January 25

Hyping Boston-based hardcore heroes Converge to a readership with backgrounds steeped in indie rock (i.e., most of you reading MAGNET)

While you encounter the rather rampant blues that January has to offer, take some time today to let Jared Saltiel

As the Posies celebrate three decades making music together, Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow ponder the band's Geffen years
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Without bothering to apologize for any perceived punning, never mind Dave Grohl and Pat Smear’s hardcore, noise-punk pedigrees any longer.

Jack White will release third solo album Boarding House Reach, his first all-new LP in almost four years, March 23 via Third Man/Columbia.

Martin Carr first made a name for himself in the early '90s as the guitarist/songwriter of the Boo Radleys, whose