Monthly Archives: February 2009

TiVo Party Tonight: A. R. Rahman

Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? They let musicians onstage! Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): A. R. Rahman Indian composer Rahman has a total of three Academy Award nominations for his work in Slumdog Millionaire this year (two for [...]

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Paying The Interns (A Visit)

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 intern Ryan Ruth. You work at Capogiro, which is (no lie) the best gelato place in the city [...]

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From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Led Zeppelin, Laurel Race Track, 1969

Tommy Keene has been playing guitar hero for more than a quarter-century, both on his power-pop solo albums (his latest is In The Late Bright, out this week) and as a sideman for Robert Pollard and Paul Westerberg. Keene, apparently weary of all the critical acclaim, agreed to dole out some of his own praise. [...]

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Lost Classics: The Glands “The Glands”

They’re nobody’s buzz bands anymore. But since 1993, MAGNET has discovered and documented more great music than memory will allow. The groups may have broken up or the albums may be out of print, but this time, history is written by the losers. Here are some of the finest albums that time forgot but we [...]

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Free MP3 From Pravada

If you like the indie-pop stylings of Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s, you might want to check out their “sister band.” Pravada, which includes three Margot members, released debut album Manus Piere this winter on the Musical Family Tree label. If you don’t feel like shelling out the cash to buy it, you’re [...]

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From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Silverhead

Tommy Keene has been playing guitar hero for more than a quarter-century, both on his power-pop solo albums (his latest is In The Late Bright, out this week) and as a sideman for Robert Pollard and Paul Westerberg. Keene, apparently weary of all the critical acclaim, agreed to dole out some of his own praise. [...]

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TiVo Party Tonight: Antony And The Johnsons, Lykke Li

Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? They let musicians onstage! Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Antony And The Johnsons Can’t say if this is intentional or not, but Dave welcomes Antony and Donald Trump on the show tonight. One of [...]

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The Flamin’ Groovies To Reunite

Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan, backbone of the first incarnation of San Francisco’s notorious Flamin’ Groovies, are slated to reunite onstage for the eighth annual Ponderosa Stomp, set for April 28-29 at New Orleans’ House Of Blues. P-Stomp, which specializes in long-overdue musical reunions, is pumping up the event by claiming that Loney and Jordan—who [...]

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From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Baldwin Fun Machine

Tommy Keene has been playing guitar hero for more than a quarter-century, both on his power-pop solo albums (his latest is In The Late Bright, out this week) and as a sideman for Robert Pollard and Paul Westerberg. Keene, apparently weary of all the critical acclaim, agreed to dole out some of his own praise. [...]

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Lost Classics: Chavez “Ride The Fader”

They’re nobody’s buzz bands anymore. But since 1993, MAGNET has discovered and documented more great music than memory will allow. The groups may have broken up or the albums may be out of print, but this time, history is written by the losers. Here are some of the finest albums that time forgot but we [...]

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