Essential New Music: Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin’s “Ghosted”
The title Ghosted is a bit of a red herring. It suggests absence, but the only time no one showed
A Conversation With Kaitlin Butts
Based on the ample online evidence, Kaitlin Butts had one whale of a wedding. So you’d think it might’ve been
Under Cover Of Darkness: The Strokes Finally Play Their Brooklyn New Year’s Eve Show
Last week, the Strokes finally got around to playing their New Year's Eve show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Mac
Sparks Fly: Ron And Russell Mael Take Manhattan
Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers documentary and Adam Driver/Marion Cotillard rock opera Annette introduced a new generation or two to
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Live Review: Over The Rhine, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 1, 2021
What makes Over The Rhine’s Christmas shows a December tradition worth revisiting is their acknowledgment that it’s not necessarily the
Normal History Vol. 681: 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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Essential New Music: Keiji Haino’s “My Lord Music, I Most Humbly Beg Your Indulgence In The Hope That You Will Do Me The Honour Of Permitting This Seed Called Keiji Haino To Be Planted Within You”
Count on Keiji Haino to turn the task of naming an album into an act of myth-making that would cause
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A Conversation With Ian Noe
Ian Noe’s Between The Country received plenty of accolades back in 2019—and deservingly so. The low-key 31-year-old troubadour has a
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The High Water Marks’ “Fingers And Trees Are Only Temporary” Video
There are few things Hilarie Sidney misses about life in United States, though dining out is one. “We don’t have
Save A Horse (Ride A Boat): The 2022 Outlaw Country Cruise
MAGNET’s Wes Orshoski got lost at sea with alt-country’s greatest castaways—and all he got were these fantastic photos and musical
Ohm On The Brain (Or The Miseducation Of Billy Fields)
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers gets extremely graphic and downright vocal on the history of electronic music. Attendance is mandatory. Story and
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Normal History Vol. 680: 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: Josef Van Wissem’s “Behold! I Make All Things New”
We live in a time of plague, war and upheaval. If Jozef Van Wissem was in a talking mood, he
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A Conversation With A.J. Croce
As if the finality of Jim Croce’s abrupt 1973 death in a plane crash weren’t enough, for posterity we have
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Juni Ata’s “California Girl”
Like most acts at SXSW 2022, Juni Ata’s Jesse Daniel Edwards was blown away by the post-pandemic fervor of the
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Spinning Songs: Nick Cave And Warren Ellis Cast Their Spell In Brooklyn
On May 11, Nick Cave/Warren Ellis documentary This Much I Know To Be True will screen in theaters across the
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Ready To Start: Arcade Fire Returns With Four Secret Shows In NYC, Raising Money For Charity And Awareness For Its New LP
Unless you live underneath the suburbs or in the middle of an ocean of noise, you’re well aware that Arcade
R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania
