Touring the U.S. in the chill of December is always problematic, unless you’ve decided to play only in Florida and California and have access to dad’s Learjet to get from the land of orange juice to the Golden State. You’d think MAGNET’s Jud Cost, a grizzled veteran of the music wars, would have figured that [...]
If anyone qualifies as an indie hero, it’s Ted Leo. The impassioned songwriter can take pop, punk, folk and just about anything else and add a hook so sweet it’ll rot your teeth. “Even Heroes Have To Die” reminds us why we really wish that title isn’t true; here’s hoping Leo is with us for [...]
MAGNET editor Eric T. Miller picks his favorite reissues and collections: the Stone Roses (pictured), Big Star, Radiohead, the Feelies, the Jesus Lizard, Nick Cave and more.
As 2009 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Today’s entry is from June 16. Here, Bob Mould writes about the changes in day-to-day life in Washington, D.C., since Barack Obama was elected president. Bob Mould is a man [...]
The Dodos somewhat vacated their spastic percussion arrangements for a more steady songwriting recipe heard on latest release Time To Die (Frenchkiss). Their visual road trip of grassy landscapes and bridge-top views for “Longform” is complimented by classic Dodos layered harmonies, making for a daydreamy countryside ride. Read our 2008 feature on the band.
As 2009 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Today’s entry is from May 31. Here, Nathan Larson and Nina Persson write about the theory that a group of artists and art collectors were behind the infamous Black Dahlia [...]
We Are The Willows is the solo project of singer/songwriter Peter Miller. His debut album, A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague (out now on the Amble Down label), is a musical documentation of his life and experience with everyday sounds in the city of Minneapolis, recorded with just a laptop and a [...]
The Flaming Lips (pictured), along with fellow Oklahoma City natives Stardeath And White Dwarfs, have re-interpreted Pink Floyd’s classic The Dark Side Of The Moon. The album, which features Henry Rollins and Peaches providing vocals, is available online; it will be in stores on Tuesday … For another sort of “supergroup,” there’s the DVD release of [...]
As 2009 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Today’s entry is from May 18. Here, John Wesley Harding writes about Bob Dylan and the music critics who fall all over themselves in praising every new record the man [...]
Happy Boxing Day to our international readers—and those of you who just want to keep the holiday spirit going. To help celebrate, here’s “The Day Before Boxing Day,” directed by Robyn Hitchcock and Hannah Bird. It’s an awesomely bizarre stop-motion video recreating the Nativity using vegetables and other random household objects.
