MAGNET’s Matt Ryan files his year-end report, weighing in on the hits from the loud-rock end of the spectrum: Nirvana, Mastodon, Baroness (pictured), Doomriders, Alexisonfire, Goatwhore, Rancid and Nothington.
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 February 8. Here, John Davis writes about a 2008 documentary on the controversial Monsanto corporation. Monsanto was also prominently featured in Food, Inc., an excellent documentary [...]
All this week, we’ll be bringing you some holiday cheer, starting with a MAGNET tradition. Here’s My Morning Jacket performing “X Mas Curtain,” from the Okonokos DVD. The Kentucky quintet jams the crap out of it, reiterating once again that MMJ is one of the best bands to see live. And wait … was that [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minute of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien (NBC): Silversun Pickups Silversun Pickups will perform “Substitution” from newest album Swoon. The band has recently announced its 2010 U.S. tour with Muse. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): [...]
God’s Pottery is a New York-based Christian singing duo that achieved national recognition via its appearance last year on the TV show Last Comic Standing. Jeremiah Smallchild and Gideon Lamb spread their gospel through original songs such as “The Pants Come Off When The Ring Goes On” and “Jesus I Need A Drink.” Not content [...]
Julian Koster (Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel) once again embarked on a singing-saw caroling tour of homes throughout the month of December to spread holiday cheer. If the carolers didn’t come to your neck of the woods, you can pick up Koster’s album, The Singing Saw At Christmastime (Merge). Download “White Christmas” below, and also enjoy [...]
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 January 20, and it also has the distinction of being our first-ever guest-editor post. Here, Carl Newman writes about Pete Seeger. “There are maybe 10 or [...]
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 [...]
A special thanks to John Linnell and John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants for guest editing the site this week. Kids of all ages should check out the duo’s latest children’s record, Here Comes Science, if only to learn why the sun really shines. Here’s an excellent (and highly educational) video for album track [...]
If you seek proof of the theory of evolution, consider They Might Be Giants. Over the course of three decades, the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh learned how to adapt and thrive in an increasingly hostile musical environment. TMBG diversified early and often, from its Dial-A-Song project and TV theme songs (Malcolm In The Middle) [...]
