MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Wild Blessing's "Glossolalia"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Wild Blessing’s “Glossolalia”

Wild Blessing’s Wizard Of Oz recently came across the word “glossolalia” and fell in love with its phonetics, if not
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Fractals' "Rescue" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Fractals’ “Rescue” Video

Kevin Hanson’s connection to Erik “Smokey” Horvitz goes back to the early days with Huffamoose, the arty, unpredictable Philadelphia-based alt-rock
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Peter Salett's "Suddenly The Leaves"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Peter Salett’s “Suddenly The Leaves”

Peter Salett’s newest batch of music has been a long time coming. A fixture of the New York City music
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pinc Louds' "Sequins (Do The Twenty Two)"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pinc Louds’ “Sequins (Do The Twenty Two)”

Pinc Louds’ Claudi started writing “Sequins (Do The Twenty Two)” at exactly 11:38 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2021. “I was
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Metallica At Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Metallica At Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Metallica at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck.
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Empire Of The Sun At The Fillmore, Philadelphia

Empire Of The Sun At The Fillmore, Philadelphia

Empire Of The Sun at the Fillmore, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck.
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Essential New Music: Catherine Lamb X Ghost Ensemble's "Interius/Exterius"

Essential New Music: Catherine Lamb X Ghost Ensemble’s “Interius/Exterius”

Matters of hierarchy often come to the fore when composers and classical ensembles represent themselves on an album cover. Who’s
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Live Review: Beyoncé, East Rutherford, NJ, May 22, 2025

Live Review: Beyoncé, East Rutherford, NJ, May 22, 2025

Despite the wealth of issues that large parts of America have with Cowboy Carter (the album, this tour) or whatever
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Normal History Vol. 844: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 844: The Art Of David Lester

Every week, 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: Marc Ribot Goes Track By Track On "Map Of A Blue City"

MAGNET Exclusive: Marc Ribot Goes Track By Track On “Map Of A Blue City”

Back in the late ’90s, Marc Ribot pitched an early version of Map Of A Blue City to a label
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Clara Joy's "You Just Liked My Item" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Clara Joy’s “You Just Liked My Item” Video

Though her name won’t resonate with hipsters in other parts of the country, Clara Joy has done quite well for
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MAGNET Exclusive: The Mayflies USA Go Track By Track On "Kickless Kids"

MAGNET Exclusive: The Mayflies USA Go Track By Track On “Kickless Kids”

The Mayflies USA’s decision to reunite for their fourth album in 30 years was precipitated by, of all things, a
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of David Franklin Courtright's "Boy"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of David Franklin Courtright’s “Boy”

David Franklin Courtright admits that there’s nothing insinuative about “Boy,” the second single from his upcoming debut, Brutal Tenderness. “It’s
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Five Questions With Bill Payne (Little Feat)

Five Questions With Bill Payne (Little Feat)

One of the great underdog bands of the classic-rock era, Little Feat could’ve been a done deal in 1979 after
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The Dandy Warhols And Sisters Of Your Sunshine Vapor At Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA

The Dandy Warhols And Sisters Of Your Sunshine Vapor At Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA

The Dandy Warhols and Sisters Of Your Sunshine Vapor at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, Pa. Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Boardwalk Rock, Ocean City, MD

Boardwalk Rock, Ocean City, MD

The inaugural Boardwalk Rock festival in Ocean City, Md., featuring Rob Zombie, Nickelback, Bush, Halestorm, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Alice Cooper,
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Essential New Music: Eli Winter's "A Trick Of The Light"

Essential New Music: Eli Winter’s “A Trick Of The Light”

Eli Winter is Chicagoan by choice, and you know what they say about the seriousness of converts. The guitarist moved
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Asian American Pie II Featuring IKE, Kikashima And Judah Kim At Milkboy, Philadelphia

Asian American Pie II Featuring IKE, Kikashima And Judah Kim At Milkboy, Philadelphia

Asian American Pie II featuring IKE, Kikashima and Judah Kim at Milkboy, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Normal History Vol. 843: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 843: The Art Of David Lester

Every week, 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 San Gabriel's "Running Out Of Time"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of San Gabriel’s “Running Out Of Time”

“Running Out Of Time” was written and recorded in an Austin liquor store. Tucked away in a neighborhood on the
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Art Schop's "Me, My Lover, Her Lover, Part 1" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Art Schop’s “Me, My Lover, Her Lover, Part 1” Video

As soon as he came up with the line “I had a lover who had a lover,” Art Schop’s Martin
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Marte Eberson's "Paradise"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Marte Eberson’s “Paradise”

Making music has been an all-consuming passion for Norway’s Marte Eberson, basically since birth. The daughter of accomplished jazz guitarist
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Triptides' "Connection"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Triptides’ “Connection”

Triptides’ Glenn Brigman is serious when he describes “Connections” as an exploration of the “electrical nature of consciousness expansion.” At
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