Live Review: Patterson Hood, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 5, 2022
Daddy’s been to 14 funerals this year—he says we just have to get through December and 2023 will be better.
MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2022
1) Spoon Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador)2) The Smile A Light For Attracting Attention (XL)3) Sharon Van Etten We’ve Been
Best Of 2022: Reissues/Collections
MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues/collections of the year 1) David Bowie Divine Symmetry (Parlophone) 2) Ornette Coleman Round Trip:
Best Of 2022: Singer/Songwriters
MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1) Josh Rouse Going Places (Yep Roc)2) Lyle Lovett
Best Of 2022: Punk
MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) The Interrupters In The Wild (Hellcat/Epitaph)2) Crisis Actor
Normal History Vol. 716: 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
Best Of 2022: World Music
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1) Alune Wade Sultan (Enja)2) Alhaji Waziri Oshomah World
Best Of 2022: Hip Hop
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Best Of 2022: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Joe Rainey Niineta (37d03d)2) Miko Marks And The
Best Of 2022: Jazz/Improv
John Butcher MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) Sophie Agnel / John Butcher La
Best Of 2022: Hard Rock
MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1) Cave In Heavy Pendulum (Relapse)2) Alexisonfire Otherness (Dine
November Spawned Some Rock Shows: Vets Aid 2022 (Black Keys, Breeders, Nine Inch Nails, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl & More), Mercyful Fate And W.A.S.P.
While you were getting ready for unwanted company on Thanksgiving, MAGNET photographer Wes Orshoski went to all the November rock
Live Review: The Smile, Detroit, MI, Nov. 28, 2022
More than 3,000 people descended into Detroit’s Cass Corridor to see Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner at the
Live Review: Wilco, Built To Spill, New Haven, CT, Aug. 27, 2022
What’s more punk rock than playing midtempo, country-tinged songs in a stadium? Depends on how seriously you take Jeff Tweedy’s
Normal History Vol. 715: 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
Essential New Music: Bill Nace’s “Through A Room”
Across a couple of decades, Bill Nace has filled his dance card with a who’s-who of noise liberators. If you
Live Review: The Decemberists, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 25, 2022
Colin Meloy insisted he didn’t want to take sides in the great stand-up or sit-down debate, so the audience at

















