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

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

MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1 Offa Rex The Queen Of Hearts (Nonesuch) 2 Zeal

Jon Langford releases albums at a feverish pace, whether under his own name or with one of his myriad bands,

MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1 Craig Finn We All Want The Same Things (Partisan)

The hammering glam pop of 1974’s Kimono My House, the lush arpeggiating disco of 1979’s No. 1 In Heaven, the

MAGNET’s Andrew Earles picks the best metal releases of the year 1 Sannhet So Numb (Profound Lore) 2 Boris Dear (Sargent House)

Today’s Film At 11 spotlights former MAGNET guest editor Delicate Steve’s ingenious video for “Tattered,” off the digital-only Cowboy Stories EP

It’s not an exaggeration to suggest that Morrissey + Marr ranks right up there with Lennon/McCartney, the Glimmer Twins and

MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues of the year 1 Hüsker Dü Savage Young Dü (Numero Group) 2 David

Considering I’m writing this on the 37th anniversary of John Lennon’s death without realizing that it was the assassination’s destiny

Former MAGNET cover star Moby returns March 2 with Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt on Mute ... On January

The irreproachably hip, fiendishly virtuosic Cécile McLorin Salvant continues her one-woman revitalization of the once-grand vocal-jazz tradition with another fine

1973 American punk rock was either the Rolling Stones in hell (Iggy And The Stooges circa Raw Power) or in

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

Songwriter/composer Tom Hickox gets expansive on Monsters In The Deep Tom Hickox’s first album, 2014’s well-received War, Peace And Diplomacy,

25. House And Land | House And Land (Thrill Jockey) The past has a lot to say to the present,

Grooms recently released sixth album Exit Index (Western Vinyl), and now the group has shared a special video treatment for “Softer

The phenomenal news is that the first LCD Soundsystem album in seven years sounds tremendously, magnificently like an LCD Soundsystem

We caught up with Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield in her hometown of Birmingham, Ala., during some downtime between tour legs for

Make no mistake, MAGNET’s album of the year is about a nasty breakup, but it’s not completely informed by misery