Adam Goldberg (Entourage, Dazed And Confused) should be nicknamed Slash. The actor/ director/editor/producer/ composer has now added “indie-rock musician” to his resume with LANDy, a collaborative venture with Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza. (Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd also plays on the album.) “BFF,” the first single off debut album Eros & Omissions (out June 23 on [...]
MAGNET’s movie man in Austin caught a screening of the new film by Richard Linklater. Mitch Myers reports: Me And Orson Welles isn’t being released until the fall, but when the Texas film community gets together for SXSW, anything can happen. Hence, the secret surprise screening of Richard Linklater’s new film was no secret and [...]
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: the Gaslight Anthem. Put up your dukes! From: Matt Ryan To: Matthew Fritch I couldn’t help but notice that the Gaslight Anthem‘s The 59 Sound topped many critics’ and readers’ lists in 2008, [...]
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: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): The Soundtrack Of Our Lives We get the feeling that this is what 80 percent of actual residents of Sweden listen to; not Lykke [...]
Bespectacled Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy might not come off as particularly devious, but he shows off his dark side on the lead single from The Hazards Of Love, due next week. “The Rake’s Song” is the story of a man troubled by “three little pests” (i.e., children), the unpleasant hangover from an impetuous marriage. Three minutes [...]
MAGNET’s Mitch Myers reports from the SXSW Film Conference And Festival, where his viewing schedule included Made In China, The Overbrook Brothers, Wake Up and … a Wavy Gravy documentary. Despite the fratboy vibe that pervades SXSW, it was great to see the original hippie clown prince, Wavy Gravy, hustling his tie-dyed documentary, Saint Misbehavin’: [...]
Unlike the Smiths’ fairly straightforward catalog of releases (surveyed in last week’s Over/Under), that band’s former frontman scatters album tracks, singles and b-sides like frisbees tossed into a hedge maze in another country. Here are the five most overrated and five most underrated Morrissey songs.
