Hey, guess what? Yesterday was Record Store Day! While we hope you found plenty of bargains and rare gems in support of indie record shops, we’re glad the day is over so we don’t have to write about it anymore. Now, on to the news … Famous liberal Moby is releasing his new album, Wait [...]
Living Thing, the fifth album from Peter Bjorn And John, is a strong indication that the acute pop minds behind 2006 breakthrough record Writer’s Block have much more to give. Despite its spare arrangements and instrumentation, Living Thing incorporates fuller melodies and more intricate sounds, ranging from dub to a sort of Merseybeat gone electro. [...]
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 [...]
Living Thing, the fifth album from Peter Bjorn And John, is a strong indication that the acute pop minds behind 2006 breakthrough record Writer’s Block have much more to give. Despite its spare arrangements and instrumentation, Living Thing incorporates fuller melodies and more intricate sounds, ranging from dub to a sort of Merseybeat gone electro. Peter Bjorn [...]
After two years of touring for 2007 debut War Elephant, Providence, R.I.’s Deer Tick raises follow-up Born On Flag Day on June 23 via Partisan Records. Opening track “Easy” establishes an authoritative bass-and-drum stomp before the pissy vocals of John J. McCauley III cut through the track like vintage Jagger (or Kenickie from Grease). Rumbling [...]
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: In the 1990s we played some shows with Fugazi: Seattle, Olympia, New York. At the Vancouver show, someone threw his shoe [...]
Living Thing, the fifth album from Peter Bjorn And John, is a strong indication that the acute pop minds behind 2006 breakthrough record Writer’s Block have much more to give. Despite its spare arrangements and instrumentation, Living Thing incorporates fuller melodies and more intricate sounds, ranging from dub to a sort of Merseybeat gone electro. Peter Bjorn And John are guest editing [...]
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: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Pete Yorn Due June 23 on Columbia, Back And Fourth is Yorn’s Nebraska album (not in the Springsteen sense; Yorn recorded it with Omaha indie scene staples). [...]
Living Thing, the fifth album from Peter Bjorn And John, is a strong indication that the acute pop minds behind 2006 breakthrough record Writer’s Block have much more to give. Despite its spare arrangements and instrumentation, Living Thing incorporates fuller melodies and more intricate sounds, ranging from dub to a sort of Merseybeat gone electro. Peter Bjorn [...]
