Monthly Archives: April 2009

MP3 At 3PM: Great Northern

You and your slob bandmates might as well own up to being jealous of Great Northern, the ultra-attractive, cool modern-pop duo from L.A. that soundtracks NBA commercials and pals around with its neighbors in Silversun Pickups. Singer/guitarist Solon Bixler and singer/keyboardist Rachel Stolte unleash sophomore album Remind Me Where The Light Is (Eenie Meenie) on [...]

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In The News: The Pixies, The Avett Brothers, Franz Ferdinand, Rivers Cuomo And Free MP3s

The renewed interest in the Pixies (pictured) continues with news of the release of Minotaur (Artist In Residence), all five Pixies albums packaged together on CD and Blu-ray. The box includes reinterpreted artwork by Vaughn Oliver, who created the original LPs’ covers. This monster undertaking is available for pre-order beginning June 15; the deluxe edition [...]

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From The Desk Of Mac McCaughan: Amber Tamblyn “The Loneliest”

Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years after he wrote it. The recently dormant Superchunk is moving again, and McCaughan also fills his time with Portastatic and co-ownership of Merge Records. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, [...]

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From The Desk Of Mac McCaughan: Amadou And Mariam

Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years after he wrote it. The recently dormant Superchunk is moving again, and McCaughan also fills his time with Portastatic and co-ownership of Merge Records. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: Pink Mountaintops

All-around mountain man Stephen McBean (the Vancouverite who fronts Black Mountain and also records as Pink Mountaintops) is well-suited to his projects’ names: His mop of unruly hair flows into a wild, prairie-brush beard, while his voice sounds like a gravelly, slightly inebriated Bob Dylan. Supported by Black Mountain bandmate Matthew Camirand and four other [...]

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Normal History Vol. 5: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 25-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. Smith: Munich, sometime in the 1990s. When we arrived for soundcheck, the booking guy had the microphone in pieces: bare wires. The [...]

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From The Desk Of Mac McCaughan: Restaurant Juuri

Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years after he wrote it. The recently dormant Superchunk is moving again, and McCaughan also fills his time with Portastatic and co-ownership of Merge Records. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, [...]

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Lost Classics: The Psychedelphia Story

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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From The Desk Of Mac McCaughan: Martin LXM Mini Guitar

Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years after he wrote it. The recently dormant Superchunk is moving again, and McCaughan also fills his time with Portastatic and co-ownership of Merge Records. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, McCaughan [...]

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World Premiere Video: Hermas Zopoula

We’re psyched to premiere the following video from West African singer/songwriter Hermas Zopoula because: a) we get to mention that the capital of his native Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou; and b) we can further look down our noses at the weak afro-posturing of Vampire Weekend. Zopoula is the youngest of 36 children in his family [...]

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