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Normal History Vol. 474: The Art Of David Lester

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
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Cheer-Accident's "Done"

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
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Totally Mild: Sense Of A Woman

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
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Throwback Thursday: Lucy Dacus' "No Burden" (MAGNET's #1 Album Of 2016)

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
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of US, Today's "Spellcaster (Dr. Spirit)"

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
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Essential New Music: Lucy Dacus' "Historian"

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,”
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Wayback Wednesday: Wild Beasts

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
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Wild Beasts: Going Out In Style

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
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Franz Ferdinand: All My Friends

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
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Record Review: Franz Ferdinand's "Always Ascending"

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
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Superchunk: Mac Takes The Wheel

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
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Superchunk: Pretty Hate Machine

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
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Essential New Music: Kississippi's "Sunset Blush"

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
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Record Review: The Decemberists' "I’ll Be Your Girl"

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.
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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

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
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Essential New Music: Tania Chen With Thurston Moore, David Toop, And Jon Leidecker's "John Cage: Electronic Music For Piano"

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
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Normal History Vol. 473: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 473: 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
/ DAVID LESTER ART, FREE MP3s