Watch former MAGNET guest editor Adam Green and friends geek out in what looks like some sort of Dungeons & Dragons party in this video for “Sailor Shirtz,” which features an Oscar-worthy cameo by a python. The song is one of the instrumental tracks Green wrote for the theatrical adaptation of Paul Auster’s novel Timbuktu, [...]
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): Justin Nozuka Singer/songwriter Justin Nozuka is promoting perform brand new LP You I Wind Land And Sea. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Smashing Pumpkins Smashing Pumpkins [...]
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock [...]
After hiking in Indiana, singer/songwriter John McCauley found a deer tick on his scalp. Since then, the Providence, R.I., resident has made three albums with his band Deer Tick: 2007′s War Elephant, 2009′s Born On Flag Day and the upcoming The Black Dirt Sessions. Due out June 8, The Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan) was recorded [...]
Nothing did more to further the cause of Alternative Nation-building than 120 Minutes, MTV’s Sunday-night video showcase of non-mainstream acts. For nearly two decades, the program spanned musical eras from ’80s college rock to ’00s indie, with grunge, Britpop, punk, industrial, electronica and more in between. MAGNET raids the vaults to resurrect our 120 favorite [...]
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock [...]
Paleface was a fixture on the downtown-NYC anti-folk scene in the early ’90s and put out two major-label records before his alcohol abuse almost killed him on tour with the Breeders in 1997. After cleaning up and meeting the likes of the Moldy Peaches and Regina Spektor, Paleface resumed his recording career via a number [...]
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 Jay Leno (NBC): Phoenix The French band is still promoting Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Cypress Hill featuring Tom Morello Cypress Hill featuring Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, [...]
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock [...]
Tomorrow, singer/songwriter (and former MAGNET guest editor) Sam Phillips will digitally release her new EP, Magic For Everybody, which is the third of five EPs that will make up her Long Play project. It’s a music-and-art installation documenting Phillips’s creative process, featuring short films, essays, candid studio footage, photographs and new music. The project will continue [...]
