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: When the Friggs burst onto the Philly scene in 1991 [...]
“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 [...]
In today’s mail: an advance copy of Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle, the new album by Bill Callahan (the man formerly known as Smog). Callahan’s 2007 release, Woke On A Whaleheart, was understated and quite funny, lyrically, in a Lee Hazlewood kind of way; it really took a few listens for the dryly [...]
Two of MAGNET’s Matts—editor Matthew Fritch and writer Matt Ryan—go to the mat to see whose opinion is more correct. Today’s topic: gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Put up your dukes! From: Matthew Fritch To: Matt Ryan For this inaugural edition of Put Up Your Dukes, I come to you with an honest question. It’s [...]
“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: Somewhere between Jon Spencer’s trash-rock blues and the Make-Up’s R&B [...]
He might not be at the level of snorting his father’s ashes, but we’ve got to give legendary Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry props for his latest debaucherous-chic scandal a la Keith Richards. London’s Daily Mail is reporting that the 63-year-old Ferry has been dating one of his son’s ex-girlfriends, 27-year-old Amanda Sheppard. Of course, behind the [...]
“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 [...]
On the heels of their inclusion in MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2008, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel are getting ready to release a remix EP of tracks from Re-Arrange Us. The four-song Re-Arranged: Remixes Vol. 1 (guess there’s more of them coming) will be out this spring on the Barsuk label. Vol. 1 features [...]
“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 [...]
