Originally (not) posted Dec. 26, 2008: Beats/Breaks columnist Corey duBrowa picks his favorite electronic/dance albums of 2008: Portishead (pictured), Santogold, Hercules And Love Affair, Girl Talk and more.
“There are maybe 10 or 12 things I could teach you,” sings Carl “A.C.” Newman on his new solo album, Get Guilty (Matador). “After that, well, you’re on your own.” This week, MAGNET lets the New Pornographers frontman steer our website toward 10 or 12 of his own favorite things in music, film, literature and [...]
Famed blue-eyed soul singer Van Morrison‘s first-ever live performance of career-defining 1968 album Astral Weeks gets a February 10 release on his EMI-distributed Listen To The Lion label. The Northern Ireland-born R&B belter played the jazz- and blues-tinged milestone twice with a band that included a full string section last November at the Hollywood Bowl. [...]
Steve Alexander has a pretty sweet gig as senior editor of fantasy NBA basketball (and PGA golf) for Rotoworld.com. Getting paid to watch hoops and write about it? Sign us up. But other than the fact that there are a couple of fantasy geeks in the MAGNET office—in addition to the real-life geeks—why do we [...]
“There are maybe 10 or 12 things I could teach you,” sings Carl “A.C.” Newman on his new solo album, Get Guilty (Matador). “After that, well, you’re on your own.” This week, MAGNET lets the New Pornographers frontman steer our website toward 10 or 12 of his own favorite things in music, film, literature and [...]
Spend 15 years in Philadelphia and you’ll figure out that things in MAGNET’s native city aren’t always sunny or bursting with brotherly love. But underneath the tough exterior are some pretty sweet sounds. In honor of our anniversary, we pay tribute to our hometown scene: For a city so fertile with negative vibes, feelings of [...]
“There are maybe 10 or 12 things I could teach you,” sings Carl “A.C.” Newman on his new solo album, Get Guilty (Matador). “After that, well, you’re on your own.” This week, MAGNET lets the New Pornographers frontman steer our website toward 10 or 12 of his own favorite things in music, film, literature and [...]
Blue Note Records—the label that cut its teeth in the ’50s and ’60s with crucial albums by such jazz stalwarts as Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane (pictured), Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean and Ornette Coleman—celebrates its 70th anniversary this [...]
Erstwhile Miracle 3 frontman Steve Wynn is a first-ballot MAGNET hall of famer: Check out our 2001 interview of Wynn conducted by acclaimed novelist George Pelecanos (who went on to be a writer/producer for HBO series The Wire). Wynn—who helmed seminal Paisley Underground band the Dream Syndicate—teamed up last year with Minus 5/Young Fresh Fellows mastermind [...]
“There are maybe 10 or 12 things I could teach you,” sings Carl “A.C.” Newman on his new solo album, Get Guilty (Matador). “After that, well, you’re on your own.” This week, MAGNET lets the New Pornographers frontman steer our website toward 10 or 12 of his own favorite things in music, film, literature and [...]
