Jarvis Cocker—formerly of Pulp, currently bearded—will release his second solo album, Further Complications (Rough Trade), on June 9. “Angela,” the record’s lead single, sounds a bit like what would happen if Queens Of The Stone Age decided to join the ranks of the British Invasion. With Steve Albini behind the boards of Further Complications, there’s [...]
Your music video may have only played once or twice on MTV, but it’s on permanent rotation on YouTube. We watch videos and TV performances—the good, the bad, the hilariously dated and the brand new—with musicians to find out what they were thinking. MAGNET’s Robert Ham discusses the teenage-werewolves-in-love video for “Rabbit Habits” with Man Man [...]
Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years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 [...]
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 Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Tinted Windows Like we told you on Tuesday, Tinted Windows is Taylor Hanson (Hanson), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne), Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) and [...]
Outdated reference point or not, the anti-apathy sentiment on Superchunk‘s sophomore single “Slack Motherfucker” still seems characteristic of Mac McCaughan 20 years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 [...]
Singer/guitarist Kate Cooper and drummer Damon Cox, ungrammatically known as An Horse, hail from sunny Brisbane, Australia, and consequently write sunny songs about sex, frustration and heartbreak. Listen to “Postcards” from An Horse’s first album, Rearrange Beds (released in March on the Mom And Pop label), below; it’s an indie-pop testament to the eternal awkwardness of [...]
Don’t let the news of a $450 deluxe Pixies boxed set get you down; for $3.96, you can get the Breeders‘ new four-song EP, Fate To Fatal, at iTunes. These days, Kim and Kelley Deal seem to be all about forging ahead: The Breeders are performing at and curating the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
