Say It’s Your Birthday

Happy birthday Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode, Soulsavers). Like sands through the hourglass … Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read

15 years ago today, Manchester Orchestra released Simple Math. The truth cannot be fractioned. Read our Manchester Orchestra feature: Manchester

15 years ago today, Jolie Holland released Springtime Can Kill You. So get out of your house. Read our Jolie

20 years ago today, Paul Simon released Surprise. We don’t know Brian Eno, so we’re always one step behind him.

Happy birthday Billy Joel. We may be right: You may be crazy. Read in MAGNET how Dean Ween "would smash

20 years ago today, Matmos released The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast. Extraordinarily gay—steeped in gayness.

20 years ago today, Shearwater released Palo Santo. We will swim again. Read our Shearwater feature: Shearwater: Attractive Opposites

Happy birthday Paul Heaton (Housemartins, Beautiful South). What a good place to be. Read our 120 Reasons To Live on

20 years ago today, the Black Heart Procession released The Spell. Return to burn.

15 years ago today, Wild Beasts released Smother. Blatant as a bailiff. Read our Wild Beasts feature: Wild Beasts: Going

Happy birthday Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick). Keep rockin’ your speech. Read our review of Cheap Trick’s essential 2017 album: Essential

20 years ago today, the Stills released Without Feathers. This story ends in bloodshed.

20 years ago today, Red Hot Chili Peppers released Stadium Arcadium. Turn it again. Chili Peppers live in 2023: Red

10 years ago today, Radiohead released A Moon Shaped Pool. MAGNET named it the fourth best LP of 2016. Read

Happy 75th birthday Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club). On, on, on, on. Read our Talking Heads Over/Under: The

20 years ago today, Scott Walker released The Drift. You want it darker? Read our classic, comprehensive feature from that

Happy 50th birthday Martha Wainwright. You’re our bloody motherfucking asshole. Read our MAGNET Feedback with her: MAGNET Feedback With Martha

25 years ago today, David Byrne released Look Into The Eyeball. Slip inside this funky house. Read our Byrne live

Happy birthday Dave Rowntree (Blur). Sober greetings, county councillor. Read our review of Blur’s essential 2015 album: Essential New Music:

25 years ago today, Mark Lanegan released Field Songs. No easy action. Read our classic Lanegan feature: Mark Lanegan: The

Happy 115th birthday Robert Johnson, R.I.P. King Of The Delta Blues.

25 years ago today, Deltron 3030 released Deltron 3030: The Instrumentals. Time keeps slipping. Read our Lost Classics on the

15 years ago today, the Zombies released Breathe Out, Breathe In. Suddenly its presence filled the air. Read our Q&A