Flashback Friday: Elliott Smith’s “Figure 8”
On Wednesday, it will be 18 years since MAGNET hero Elliott Smith released his last proper album, the classic Figure
Kyle Craft: Some Girls
With Full Circle Nightmare, Kyle Craft delivers more songs about dangerous women Kyle Craft’s follow-up to Dolls Of Highland, his
Essential New Music: First Aid Kit’s “Ruins”
There’s a crystalline, cold Nordic purity running through First Aid Kit that, combined with a streak of melancholic, autumnal folk/pop
Rhye: Sowing Rhye Oats
Rhye's Mike Milosh on what he puts on when he’s in the mood for love Since Mike Milosh has a
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Rhye: Flesh And Blood
For his sophomore LP, Rhye’s Mike Milosh took the hard road to soft rock About a year after releasing Woman,
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Yo La Tengo: A Most Orderly Riot
For a record constructed in such an unconventional, informal manner, Yo La Tengo's There’s A Riot Going On is surprisingly structural
MAGNET Exclusive: Stream The Uranium Club’s “Live For The Very First Time (In Italy)”
"It’s everything you asked for: sardonic humor, guitars and the type of energy normally only found in the type of
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Essential New Music: Yo La Tengo’s “There’s A Riot Going On”
Even after almost 35 years, Yo La Tengo still comes across—in the best sense of the word—as amateur. Not hardened
The Back Page: Still Feel Gone
I don’t own a cellphone and can’t imagine why I would want to. I don’t spend hours staring at the
Live Review: Carlton Melton, Manchester, UK, Feb. 23, 2018
“How frightened are you of chaos?” asked Philip K Dick. “And how happy are you with order?” Although Dick was
Essential New Music: Young Jesus’ “S/T”
“Feeling” is more than just the name of a song for Young Jesus. It’s a statement of intent. For almost
In The News: Arctic Monkeys, Joan Of Arc, Get Up Kids, Kelly Willis, Alison Moyet, Emmylou Harris, Son Volt And More
On May 11, Arctic Monkeys are back with sixth album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Domino). The follow-up to 2013's AM,
Essential New Music: Bardo Pond’s “Volume 8”
Most bands have a discography you can chart on a timeline. Bardo Pond’s is more like a delta, with tributaries
Normal History Vol. 472: 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 Western Centuries’ “Time Does The Rest”
Western Centuries is a bi-coastal honky-tonk outfit whose members have played with the likes of Donna The Buffalo, Zoe Muth,
Ruby Boots: Lady In Red
As Ruby Boots, Australian expat Bex Chilcott dons the cloak of reinvention Ruby Boots’ Bex Chilcott is gazing out at
Essential New Music: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s “Wrong Creatures”; Buffalo Tom’s “Quiet And Peace”
What manner of madness is this, combining reviews of leather-jacket brooders Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with nice-guy indie-rock journeymen Buffalo
R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
