Icelandic outfit Múm has been controlling moods with its feathery, epic dream-pop for a decade, so it’s no surprise that founding member Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason left MAGNET instructions on when to post his mix tape: “A late-summer or early-autumn mid-morning—not too early,” he wrote. Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know (Morr), Múm’s fifth full-length, [...]
A deep-voiced, working-class songwriter with an affinity for ’50s-era crooners, American country music and grand orchestration, Richard Hawley has paid tribute to his hometown of Sheffield, England, through songwriting that serves as a sepia-toned photograph of timeless places and love-troubled lives. While it may seem as if nothing changes in Hawley’s stylishly retro work, sixth album Truelove’s [...]
Mittens On Strings has accentuated its bizarre “The Flaming Pig” with an equally bizarre—but exceptionally suiting—video. The Chicago band, which prefers to do it all on its own, has created the only music video there can be for a song about a flaming pig. The mostly instrumental track plays along with both eerie and humorous [...]
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): Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys will be performing on Letterman tonight and spreading the word on their month-old LP Humbug, produced by Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme. The [...]
A deep-voiced, working-class songwriter with an affinity for ’50s-era crooners, American country music and grand orchestration, Richard Hawley has paid tribute to his hometown of Sheffield, England, through songwriting that serves as a sepia-toned photograph of timeless places and love-troubled lives. While it may seem as if nothing changes in Hawley’s stylishly retro work, sixth album Truelove’s [...]
Vic Chesnutt is one of the most unique individuals creating music today, which makes it even more remarkable that he’s been playing guitar for the better part of three decades. His latest album, At The Cut (Constellation), features members of Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt. Zion, but Chesnutt’s style remains defiantly his [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week: Petra Haden takes on the Who’s “I Can See For Miles.” MAGNET’s Edward Fairchild pulls the pin. Take cover! Prompted by Mike Watt and his gift of an eight-track tape recorder, Petra Haden covered The Who Sell Out a cappella [...]
A deep-voiced, working-class songwriter with an affinity for ’50s-era crooners, American country music and grand orchestration, Richard Hawley has paid tribute to his hometown of Sheffield, England, through songwriting that serves as a sepia-toned photograph of timeless places and love-troubled lives. While it may seem as if nothing changes in Hawley’s stylishly retro work, sixth album Truelove’s [...]
Donora‘s “I Think I Like You” conveys everything you need to know about the band. Off the Pittsburgh trio’s self-titled debut LP (on Rostrum), the song embraces all of the upbeat, lighthearted, indie pop/rock that makes Donora so charming. What better way to flaunt a bubbly musical attitude than with an impressively coordinated hula-hoop routine? [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien (NBC): Monsters Of Folk Tonight, Conan will host Monsters Of Folk, the band consisting of M. Ward, Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis (both [...]
