The Basement Vapes, Volume 17: A We Insist! Playlist!

The Basement Vapes, Volume 17: A We Insist! Playlist!

MAGNET’s Mitch Myers is adamant that socially conscious artists be your guide while celebrating classics by Max Roach, Charles Mingus,
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Surfbort, Smirk, Pure Adult And Dog Date Rock Philly

Surfbort, Smirk, Pure Adult And Dog Date Rock Philly

Surfbort, Smirk, Pure Adult and Dog Date brought the noise to Underground Arts in Philadelphia. MAGNET photographer Chris Sikich was
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Normal History Vol. 682: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 682: 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: Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin's "Ghosted"

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
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A Conversation With Kaitlin Butts

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
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Under Cover Of Darkness: The Strokes Finally Play Their Brooklyn New Year's Eve Show

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
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Sparks Fly: Ron And Russell Mael Take Manhattan

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

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
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Normal History Vol. 681: The Art Of David Lester

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
/ DAVID LESTER ART, FREE MP3s
A Conversation With Ian Noe

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
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The High Water Marks' "Fingers And Trees Are Only Temporary" Video

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
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Save A Horse (Ride A Boat): The 2022 Outlaw Country Cruise

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
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Ohm On The Brain (Or The Miseducation Of Billy Fields)

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

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
/ DAVID LESTER ART, FREE MP3s
Essential New Music: Josef Van Wissem's "Behold! I Make All Things New"

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

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
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania