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 [...]
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): Bloc Party The U.K. group is still flogging last year’s Intimacy and pre-flogging the May release of Intimacy Remixed. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): [...]
Since 1995, Chicago’s Joan Of Arc has set itself apart from its musical peers by making intricate, experimental rock layered with dozens of sample tracks. Tim Kinsella, JoA’s sole original member, continues his crafty songwriting on Flowers, due June 9 on Polyvinyl. Kinsella and Co. describe their 10th record as “cooler and more formal.” Read MAGNET’s Joan [...]
Most people remember Josie Cotton as the adorable new-wave princess in the prom scene of 1983 cult classic teen film Valley Girl, singing “Johnny, Are You Queer?” Cotton wrote all about the celebrity and controversy that followed in the wake of “Johnny, Are You Queer?” for MAGNET in 2006. (Read the piece, which garnered an [...]
We’ve been fans of New Jersey’s finest since even before their first album came out back in 1994, so let’s just say we’re used to sitting around waiting for them to take their sweet-ass time putting out new music. (Three albums in more than 14 years makes the Wrens about as prolific as Boston, which is kind of [...]
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 [...]
St. Vincent’s next album is titled Actor, and the name fits; its whimsical tunes are full of movie-soundtrack allusions. Featuring lots of Annie Clark’s sultry soprano, “The Strangers” is a fuzzy, danceable piece of Technicolor pop that brings to mind both Disney princess movies and ’60s musicals set in tropical getaways. Look for the April [...]
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa wraps up a week’s worth of reports from Austin’s SXSW with one last missive from the front: “If I said I’d lost my way/Would you sympathize?/Could you sympathize?” —Echo & The Bunnymen, “Rescue” Riding the elevator down to the lobby of my hotel at the unholy hour of 5:30 a.m. (just in [...]
Right about now, maybe you’re saying to yourself, “I would really love to have two new Trent Reznor-produced Jane’s Addiction songs, but I’m not willing to part with any cash to get them.” MAGNET is here to help. Download “Chip Away,” and download “Whores.” And tonight you’re going to party like it’s 1989 … Grammy [...]
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 [...]
