Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Grizzly Bear Rerun from June 26. Grizzly Bear will be playing “Cheerleader.” The band’s latest, Veckatimest (Warp), is one of the year’s top albums. Grizzly Bear is touring the [...]
Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew [...]
The Hush Now will release its second album on October 13. Constellations features a few special guests, including ex-Cerulean member Rick Bolander. The Boston-based guitar-pop outfit also has upcoming tour dates in the U.S. and the U.K. Download the album’s first single, “Hoping And Waiting,” for free below; you can also download the Hush Now’s [...]
There’s true faith behind tracks such as Charlatans UK/Beach Boys conglomeration “Action Reaction” and the bare, ruined orchestral pop of “Next Summer” (download or stream below), both selections from This Is For The White In Your Eyes, the stateside debut from Copenhagen’s Choir Of Young Believers. Primary choir member Jannis Noya Makrigiannis made MAGNET a [...]
Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew [...]
Former Cockeyed Ghost frontman Adam Marsland returns this week with Go West (Karma Frog), a double LP that’s his first effort since 2004’s You Don’t Know Me. The power-pop singer/songwriter claims Go West blows away anything else he’s ever done, which is a pretty strong statement from a guy who’s always put out good records. [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Martha Wainwright Rerun from June 11. Wainwright, daughter of Loudon and brother of Rufus, went on Late Night to play Edith Piaf’s “C’est Toujours La Meme Histoire.” Wainwright’s latest [...]
Fifteen years after he scratched a lifelong itch and moved to New York City, Steve Wynn has settled in nicely to life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The relocation also breathed fire into a music career that already had notched landmark albums by his first band, the Dream Syndicate, collaborations with Gutterball and a slew of [...]
Mellowdrone will be releasing second album Angry Bear (Coming Home) August 25. After the ups and downs the California band has experienced in the last few years—including great success with 2006 debut Box, then being dropped by Columbia in 2007—Angry Bear is a long time coming. It was mostly recorded live at a friend’s house, [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week: Crystal Antlers take on Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” MAGNET’s Edward Fairchild pulls the pin. Take cover! Crystal Antlers build walls behind the Bob Dylan classic, then hammer it into place. The original version is full of [...]
