MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Warren Dunes' "Inspiration Blues" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Warren Dunes’ “Inspiration Blues” Video

Anyone who’s experienced writer’s block can tell you it’s no fun. And Warren Dunes’ Julia Massey has seen her share
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Rose Hotel's "Fruit Tree" Video

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Rose Hotel’s “Fruit Tree” Video

It might be smidge over-the-top to say that Rose Hotel’s Jordan Reynolds was at the end of her tether when
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Live Review: Pylon Reenactment Society, Golden Apples, Sun Organ, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2024

Live Review: Pylon Reenactment Society, Golden Apples, Sun Organ, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2024

The mighty Pylon Reenactment Society rocked the Khyber Pass Pub’s intimate upstairs stage with a set equally split between Pylon
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Sally Timms And Jon Langford With John Szymanski And Martin Blueshammer At Harmonie Hall, Philadelphia

Sally Timms And Jon Langford With John Szymanski And Martin Blueshammer At Harmonie Hall, Philadelphia

Sally Timms And Jon Langford With John Szymanski And Martin Blueshammer at Harmonie Hall, Philadelphia, Photos by Chris Sikich.
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Ty Segall At Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville

Ty Segall At Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville

Ty Segall at Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville. Photos by Skylar Watkins.
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Normal History Vol. 788: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 788: 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 II"

Essential New Music: Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin’s “Ghosted II”

You don’t need to be a mathematician to know that two is more than one. This axiom applies to the
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pokey LaFarge's  "So Long Chicago"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Pokey LaFarge’s “So Long Chicago”

“It’s a snowbird’s escapist vacation song,” says Pokey LaFarge of “So Long Chicago,” the final teaser for his upcoming LP,
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Paddan's "Splash"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Paddan’s “Splash”

For Paddan’s Sigtryggur Baldursson, “Splash” is one of those tracks that had a “clear line” from start to finish. “It’s
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Blair Gun's "The Thief"

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Blair Gun’s “The Thief”

What does an arty, hooky young punk outfit from San Diego know about how politics and greed upended the evangelical
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Swans At The Blue Room, Nashville

Swans At The Blue Room, Nashville

Swans at the Blue Room, Nashville. Photos by Alexzandra Roy.
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Normal History Vol. 787: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 787: 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: 番長 Taste's "I Dipped My Comb In Shochu And Ran It Through The Hair Of The Night"

Essential New Music: 番長 Taste’s “I Dipped My Comb In Shochu And Ran It Through The Hair Of The Night”

Let’s start with the album title. It looks luxuriant enough to apply to a Jon Hassell LP with an accompanying,
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Buffalo Tom’s “Autumn Letter”

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Buffalo Tom’s “Autumn Letter”

Ready to feel old? Buffalo Tom is just two years shy of 40. Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis
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A Conversation With Old 97's

A Conversation With Old 97’s

Old 97’s mark the 30th anniversary of their 1994 debut, Hitchhike To Rhome, with a new album that finds them
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A Conversation With Joe Pernice (Pernice Brothers)

A Conversation With Joe Pernice (Pernice Brothers)

Hopefully by now, you’ve spent some quality time with the impeccably assembled box-set reissue of the Pernice Brothers’ 1998 debut,
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Circle Jerks At Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ

Circle Jerks At Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ

Circle Jerks at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, N.J.. Photos by Wes Orshoski.
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Live Review: The Ben Vaughn Quintet, Palmyra Delran And The Doppel Gang, Philadelphia, PA, April 12, 2024

Live Review: The Ben Vaughn Quintet, Palmyra Delran And The Doppel Gang, Philadelphia, PA, April 12, 2024

There used to be a time within the pop continuum that music was allowed to have a sense of humor.
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Normal History Vol. 786: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 786: 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: Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock's "Two Improvisations"

Essential New Music: Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock’s “Two Improvisations”

The raga is a platonic ideal for the guitarists who founded the “Takoma school” and those who have followed in
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MAGNET (Instant) Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Fastball's "Sonic Ranch"

MAGNET (Instant) Classics Podcast: The Real Story Behind Fastball’s “Sonic Ranch”

For this special edition of the MAGNET “Instant” Classics series, Hobart Rowland teamed up with How Did I Get Here?
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Guided By Voices At The Basement East, Nashville

Guided By Voices At The Basement East, Nashville

Guided By Voices at the Basement East, Nashville. Photos by Alexzandra Roy.
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Olivia Rodrigo And The Breeders At Madison Square Garden, New York City

Olivia Rodrigo And The Breeders At Madison Square Garden, New York City

Olivia Rodrigo and the Breeders at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski. The Breeders
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Normal History Vol. 785: The Art Of David Lester

Normal History Vol. 785: 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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