Balmorhea recently returned from a month-long trip through mainland Europe and the U.K., a tour that provided the group with some of its most memorable experiences to date. Fortunately for us, band member Michael Muller was kind enough to jot down his impressions and share a few photos of the journey with MAGNET. Read our [...]
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 [...]
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
Longtime MAGNET fave Mogwai joined up with La Blogotheque’s Vincent Moon and Nathanaël le Scouarnec for a CD/DVD collaboration of concert film Burning and live album Special Moves. Following its August 24 release, the film will also be screened publicly in various North American cities. Here’s a clip from Burning for “I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead.”
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Dierks Bentley Country artist Dierks Bentley will perform if support of new album Up On The Ridge. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Travie McCoy Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy is [...]
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
With its calm, repeating melodic movement and casual invocation of coming lyrical themes, “Cloudy Shoes” is our favorite type of album opener. Both welcoming and stirring, the song begins Saint Bartlett (Secretly Canadian), Damien Jurado‘s best work since 2003′s Where Shall You Take Me. Vintage piano, strings, drums and the folk singer’s subdued acoustic strum [...]
While discussing his collaboration with famous 21st-century modern composer Philip Glass on the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi, director Godfrey Reggio invoked Sergei Eisenstein, stating, “One should be able to see the music and hear the image.” In perhaps no musical act is this adage currently more resonant than Balmorhea, a classically influenced troupe of Texas musicians [...]
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
