When we got an advance copy this summer of the excellent new Boston Spaceships album, Zero To 99 (out next week on GBV Inc.), we were immediately floored by track two, “How Wrong You Are,” possibly the best song Robert Pollard has recorded since the demise of Guided By Voices. So floored, in fact, that [...]
The Ramones hold such a vested place in pop history that to reduce them to overrated and underrated seems like a silly endeavor. But what the hell, that’s never stopped us before. Spanning more than 20 years and 14 studio albums, the Ramones have spurred heated debate since day one and influenced, well, pretty much [...]
Unless you’ve spent the last 50 years cryogenically frozen in deep space, you may have heard of Rosanne Cash‘s father, Johnny Cash. When Rosanne locked in on becoming a successful country singer/songwriter, she had a formidable set of footsteps to follow. But she isn’t one to duck a challenge. Twenty of her singles cracked the top 20 [...]
Embryonic (out October 13 on Warner Bros.) might not be the best Flaming Lips album, but it is certainly unlike anything Wayne Coyne and the boys have done before. “I Can Be A Frog,” featuring Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is the first single from the 18-track double LP.
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): The Avett Brothers The Avetts will be promoting their new LP, I And Love And You (due tomorrow on American/Columbia). The trio will most likely play the title track off [...]
Unless you’ve spent the last 50 years cryogenically frozen in deep space, you may have heard of Rosanne Cash‘s father, Johnny Cash. When Rosanne locked in on becoming a successful country singer/songwriter, she had a formidable set of footsteps to follow. But she isn’t one to duck a challenge. Twenty of her singles cracked the top [...]
Indie-pop darlings Clare And The Reasons return with Arrow (out October 20 on Frog Stand). “Ooh You Hurt Me So” is another twinkling number so sweet it should come with a toothbrush. While Clare Muldaur and her husband, Olivier Manchon, might form the backbone of the group, Clare And The Reasons is a multi-instrumental festival, [...]
Rosanne Cash isn’t one to duck a challenge. Unless you’ve spent the last 50 years cryogenically frozen in deep space, you may have heard of her father, Johnny Cash. When Rosanne, who grew up in Southern California, locked in on becoming a successful country singer and songwriter she had a formidable set of footsteps to [...]
We’ve been fans of New Jersey’s finest since even before their first album came out back in 1994, so let’s just say we’re used to sitting around waiting for them to take their sweet-ass time putting out new music. (Three albums in more than 14 years makes the Wrens about as prolific as Boston, which is kind of [...]
Thanks to Richard Hawley for guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week. Be sure to check out his new Truelove’s Gutter (Mute). Here’s the video for the album’s first single, “For Your Lover, Give Some Time.”
