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Grant-Lee Phillips at City Winery, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

It was the coldest day of the year in Seattle when Cheryl Ediss set about filming mega cat’s “Rat Fight”

After she explored new frontiers with exciting side projects like Wild Flag, Ex Hex and Hammered Hulls, Mary Timony’s more

Madi Diaz and Olivia Barton at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Olivia Barton

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

Longtime MAGNET contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine over the years,

The only thing more welcome than hearing the once-shambolic live sound of Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit grown and

The Kills and the Paranoyds at Union Transfer, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. The Paranoyds

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

Sound’s a funny thing. You can feel its vibrations, but you’ll never put your hands on them. Concepción Huerta exploits

Two Door Cinema Club and Joywave at Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville. Photos by Skylar Watkins. Joywave

Pantera at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

“Stray Dog” has a special place in the Amigo The Devil catalog. “It’s a three-legged dog of its own identity,”

Béatrix Méthé typically gleans musical inspiration from fully formed lyrics. “Summerland” was an exception. “The music took over, and I

It took a while for Blackberry Smoke and much-decorated producer Dave Cobb to get around to each other—20 years, to

Longtime contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine, plus brand-new releases from

Michael Shannon doesn’t sing R.E.M. songs like he’s studying to play Michael Stipe in a movie; instead, he inhabits every

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy And Friends Play R.E.M.’s Murmur at Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

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

Deap Vally and Sloppy Jane at Underground Arts, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Sloppy Jane

When Kayla Cohen spoke to MAGNET in 2016, she gave this explanation for selecting the name Itasca: “The word means

Call Me Spinster’s Rosie Graber was powering through an emotional eight-hour drive from her grandfather’s funeral when the inspiration struck

Squirrel Flower at the Blue Room, Nashville. Photos by Skylar Watkins.

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