End Christian: Extreme Makeover

End Christian: Extreme Makeover

With End Christian, members of Hex Inverter, Brutal Truth, Dälek and others explore their subdued sides “Indie-rock disco” was how
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Django Django - In Your Beat (Official Music Video)

Film At 11: Django Django

While you eagerly wait for Django Django’s Marble Skies (out later this month via Ribbon Music), take a good look
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VanWyck Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

VanWyck Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

We previously introduced you to VanWyck with her haunting song “An Average Woman.” Her album of the same name isn’t
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Essential New Music: King Krule's "The Ooz"

Essential New Music: King Krule’s “The Ooz”

Much has been made of the British artist known to his family as Archy Marshall in the years between his
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Best Of 2017: Hard Rock

Best Of 2017: Hard Rock

MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1 White Reaper The World’s Best American Band (Polyvinyl) 2
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Dirty Projectors - Up In Hudson (Official Video)

Film At 11: Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors have released a video for gorgeous, eight-minute, horn-filled track “Up In Hudson,” off their self-titled seventh album (on
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Three For Silver Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Three For Silver Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Three For Silver makes very interesting music. We have a theory that people who make interesting music probably listen to interesting
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The Back Page: Room At The Top

The Back Page: Room At The Top

This was going to be about music and time, about how we’re twice as far from 1977 as from 1997
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Faze Wave's "Leagues"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Faze Wave’s “Leagues”

Faze Wave was formed a little more than there years ago by Jacksonville, Fla., high-school buddies Matthew Flynn (guitar/vocals) and
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Best Of 2017: Jazz/Improv

Best Of 2017: Jazz/Improv

MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1 Jaimie Branch Fly Or Die (International Anthem) 2 Bill
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The National - 'Dark Side of the Gym'

Film At 11: The National

Since 2018's first Film At 11 falls on January 2 and the Grammy-nominated Sleep Well Beast (4AD) was our number
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*Repeat Repeat Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

*Repeat Repeat Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

*Repeat Repeat released Floral Canyon last year, and it’s our duty to make sure you’re aware before you put the
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Essential New Music: Ariel Pink's "Dedicated To Bobby Jameson"

Essential New Music: Ariel Pink’s “Dedicated To Bobby Jameson”

L.A.’s Ariel Rosenberg gives great, ur-gauche pastiche; he remains a pop perfectionist and illusionist. Dedicated To Bobby Jameson reintroduces the
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Best Of 2017: Hip Hop

Best Of 2017: Hip Hop

MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1 Aminé Good For You (Republic) 2 Kendrick Lamar Damn (Top
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Jordan Klassen Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Jordan Klassen Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Jordan Klassen's Big Intruder (Nevado) is out now, and you should probably give it a listen before you finalize your
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The Horrors: The Brat Pack

The Horrors: The Brat Pack

Britain’s the Horrors go totally '80s on their fifth album In retrospect, Faris Badwan sheepishly admits that he didn’t think
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Best Of 2017: Punk

Best Of 2017: Punk

MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1 A Giant Dog Toy (Merge) 2 The Replacements For Sale:
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Essential New Music: The Replacements' "For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s 1986"

Essential New Music: The Replacements’ “For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s 1986”

Considered as the Replacements’ only professionally recorded full-length concert, For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s 1986 would be noteworthy. Here’s the
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Best Of 2017: World Music

Best Of 2017: World Music

MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1 Ozomatli Non Stop: Mexico To Jamaica (Cleopatra) 2 Amadou
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Essential New Music: Dungen's "Häxan-Versions By Prins Thomas"

Essential New Music: Dungen’s “Häxan-Versions By Prins Thomas”

While prog and dub are rarely discussed together, this album makes a pretty strong case for bridging the two aesthetics
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Best Of 2017: Noise

Best Of 2017: Noise

MAGNET’s Raymond Cummings picks the best noise releases of the year 1 Various Artists Approach To Fear: Regeneration (Karl Schmidt Verlag)
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Normal History Vol. 458: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 458: 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
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Pine Barons: Isolation Drills

Pine Barons: Isolation Drills

The rural Jerseyites in Pine Barons make the most of their teenage wasteland Speaking of making music in Shamong, a
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