As an addendum to our recent list of Lost Classics (a series of posts highlighting some of the best underrecognized and forgotten indie-rock albums released since MAGNET began publishing in 1993), we’ll continue to play catch-up with the artists we featured. Because you just never know when you’ll stumble across the former drummer for Velocity [...]
John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
Imagine, at the height of their popularity, catching a set from the Who down at your local pub. Or a show from U2 in one of Dublin’s infamously gritty nightclubs rather than some flash, Pop Mart-like extravaganza. You’d feel like you’d gotten away with something, wouldn’t you? Like you and the small, amped-up horde around [...]
The video for Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms‘ “Fireweed” is, ahem, a slow burner. Stick around for the ending of this Jeff Buckley-esque ghost whirl. Wooden Arms is out now on Secret City Records.
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Grizzly Bear Read New York‘s kingmaking profile of Grizzly Bear and try not to hate music journalists. Though we like to needle music critic Sasha Frere-Jones from time to [...]
John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
San Francisco indie-folk outfit Or, The Whale fills its energetic, boot-stomping live shows with bluesy anthems and gut-wrenching ballads. “Rope Don’t Break,” the gem from debut LP Light Poles And Pines, is led by a moody pedal steel and topped with warm, angelic vocals. Though the band members’ past projects range from punk to roots [...]
Full-album early-listening event takes place at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City on Wednesday, May 27. All entries must be received by midnight on Monday May 25. Contestants should RSVP to [email protected] with the subject line: MAGNET – MOBY CONTEST. Winners will receive a confirmation email from Mute with timing details on Tuesday May [...]
John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
A concert venue featuring crooning indie-rock superstars the Shins was the perfect environs for serial-monogamist hipsters to bring their girlfriend/boyfriend of the moment. You could almost hear some of them squealing, “That’s our song!” when the band played “New Slang.” The newly revamped Shins—longtime members Marty Crandall and Jesse Sandoval have been replaced by Ron [...]
