Normal History Vol. 823: 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
Normal History Vol. 822: 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
MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2024
1) Porridge Radio Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)2) Nick Cave & The
Best Of 2024: Reissues/Collections
MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues/collections of the year 1) Joni Mitchell Archives — Volume 4: The Asylum Years
Best Of 2024: Singer/Songwriters
MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1) Jon Muq Flying Away (Easy Eye)2) Jana Mila
Best Of 2024: Punk
MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) The Saints (I’m) Stranded (In The Red)2) X
Best Of 2024: Hip Hop
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Kendrick Lamar GNX (pgLang/Interscope) 2) Joey Valence And Brae
Best Of 2024: World Music
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1) Olcay Bayir Tu Gulî (ARC)2) Manu Chao Viva
Best Of 2024: Hard Rock
MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1) Fu Manchu The Return Of Tomorrow (At The
Best Of 2024: Jazz/Improv
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) أحمد [Ahmed] Giant Beauty (Fönstret)2) أحمد [Ahmed] Wood
Best Of 2024: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin Symbiont (Smithsonian Folkways)2)
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Gene D. Plumber’s “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” Video
If you ever need a sink snaked in your Hoboken brownstone, Gene “D. Plumber” Turonis is your guy. An offbeat
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Clamor’s “Staircase Stomp” Video
For Aaron Louis, music would seem to be just another bullet point in a mind-bogglingly vast resume. Currently the audio-visual
Essential New Music: Simon Joyner’s “Coyote Butterfly”
Not everything that Simon Joyner sings is autobiographical, but it’s always true. The Omaha-based singer and guitarist has spent the
The Jesus Lizard At Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
The Jesus Lizard at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
Kathleen Edwards And Matt Sucich At Arden Gild Hall, Wilmington, DE
Kathleen Edwards and Matt Sucich at Arden Gild Hall, Wilmington, Del. Photos by Chris Sikich.
Live Review: The Dandy Warhols, Portland, OR, Dec. 12, 2024
“That was from 25 years ago,” announces Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor, by way of reminder, after the applause from
Normal History Vol. 821: 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 and events
















