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All good things come to an end, sometimes more than once. Originally founded in Los Angeles in 1981, Savage Republic

New Dangerfield’s compelling juxtaposition of history, social awareness and virtuoso musicianship begins with its name. Black abolitionist Dangerfield Newby was

Burr Oak’s Savanna Dickhut isn’t one to shy away from dicey subject matter. The Chicagoan tackles postpartum depression by way of

Jinx was supposed to be a comeback album for guitar-saturated power-pop outfit Superdrag, but the drawn-out recording process proved to

MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos. Brittany Howard Alanis Morissette

MAGNET contributor Michael Jackson attended this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival and sent us these great photos.

Raised Quaker, Skylar Gudasz was thinking a lot about violence when she wrote “Atoll,” the latest single from her upcoming

The Folk Implosion at Chris & Deb’s house, Riverton, N.J. Photos by Chris Sikich.

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

Jake Xerxes Fussell was raised and mentored by folklorists, but he also grew up in the age of MTV. He

Austin isn’t exactly known as a hotbed for retro-leaning, indie-pop bands, but here we are with “Change,” the latest single

Like pretty much everything in Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band’s orbit, their Ampex 351 has an interesting history. In the early 1980s,

“In the face of absurdity, the commonplace evidence and the horribly impossible—though unbearable to conceive—become super normal,” posits vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Alexander

Snacktime’s latest single was inspired by classic Detroit house music and the definitive funk history of the band’s (and MAGNET’s)

Before we move into a review of this summer’s least-likely double-headlining showcase—blue-eyed-soul doyen Daryl Hall and pub rock’s most cosmopolitan

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

In troubled times, music can offer a perspective on what’s going on, or it can be an antidote. Ora aspires

Color Green is a jam band that writes actual songs, as opposed to grooves disguised as songs. Among the year’s

A Canadian whose heart belongs to Appalachia, Bella White is one of the most promising voices among the latest crop