2009 is turning out to be the Year of the Boss, and January isn’t even over yet. Bruce Springsteen won a Golden Globe (his second) for “The Wrestler,” the closing-credits song for the Mickey Rourke comeback vehicle of the same name, and he’s a lock for an Oscar nod (nominations will be announced Thursday). He’s [...]
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 Brian McTear recounts the favorite projects of his decade-plus [...]
Alternate post title: Old As Moses. In May, Bloomsbury (London-based publishers of the Harry Potter series) will issue What Would Keith Richards Do? Daily Affirmations From A Rock ‘N’ Roll Survivor. We’re not here to groan about its existence, scare you straight with Keith’s visage or write Jay Leno’s monologue for him (“drugs” being the [...]
The first edition of the Big Ears Festival will take place in Knoxville, Tenn., on Feb. 6-8. An event created by the co-founder of Bonnaroo (Ashley Capps), Big Ears has a lineup that caters to experimental and avant-garde music fans. Among the performers are Antony And The Johnsons, Philip Glass, Matmos, Michael Gira (pictured), Sparklehorse‘s Mark Linkous [...]
Amidst scouring Washington, D.C.’s Craigslist for an inauguration-week apartment and responding to automated emails from Michelle Obama about your chances of actually scoring tickets, pencil in Songs For Presidents, A Bands For Lands Benefit. Tonight’s event at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue serves as a counterpart to Of Great And Mortal Men: 43 Songs [...]
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 he arrived in Philadelphia in 1984, Ohio native Tom [...]
A paid internship? Hahahahaha! Who do you think we are, skilled laborers? This is the publishing industry. Senior Editor Matthew Fritch takes valuable time away from interviewing important people and creative artists to give face time to MAGNET intern Megan Brown (who did the weird drawings above—hopefully on her own time).
Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (also simply known as Mirah) will release her fourth solo album on March 10. (a)spera, the follow-up to 2004’s C’mon Miracle, will be issued by the K label. The 10-track LP finds the Portland, Ore., singer/songwriter working again with Phil Elverum (Microphones, Mount Eeire) on three songs; guests include Chris Funk [...]
John Wesley Harding, a Brooklyn-based musician with great survival instincts who always seems to land cat-like while others around him are floating like corks in the ocean, takes the wraps off new album Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead (Popover Corps/RGB) on March 10. (You can pre-order it and download it immediately at Harding’s [...]
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: Mazarin created a buzz when its first seven-inch, “Wheats,” was [...]
