Indiana trio Marmoset has released a couple new songs in anticipation of its upcoming fifth studio album, Sour Notebook. Singles “Doo Wop” and “She’s Wearing Rings,” which you can download below, reside somewhere between the Velvet Underground and early Pink Floyd weirdness, with plenty of dissonance and dreamy, peculiar lyrics. If you’re somehow still adding [...]
In the ’90s, most indie rockers were white males who cultivated a cool, detached image. New York-based Versus stood out from its contemporaries for many reasons. Its lineup included two (and sometimes three) Filipino-American brothers, it had a female bassist/singer, and the band gleefully professed its love for sports, meat and classic rock. After several [...]
In the ’90s, most indie rockers were white males who cultivated a cool, detached image. New York-based Versus stood out from its contemporaries for many reasons. Its lineup included two (and sometimes three) Filipino-American brothers, it had a female bassist/singer, and the band gleefully professed its love for sports, meat and classic rock. After several albums and [...]
American Princes bassist Luke Hunsicker, 29, died of brain cancer on August 25. We here at MAGNET were especially saddened to hear the news. It would be enough to lose a musician who contributed to two of our favorite albums of the past few years: 2006′s Less And Less and 2008′s Other People, the latter [...]
Thanks to the members of Cowboy Junkies for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out their latest album, Renmin Park. Here’s a live video for 1988′s “200 More Miles,” featuring Ryan Adams, Natalie Merchant and Vic Chesnutt.
When Margo Timmins strolled up to the microphone in her low-cut black cocktail dress, wrapped in a scarlet shawl, with a rusty shock of hair draped over one eye a la Veronica Lake, even if you’d never seen Cowboy Junkies before, there was no mistaking her star power at the Villa Montalvo’s Garden Theatre in [...]
They may hail from rainy Seattle, but Brent Amaker And The Rodeo sound like they were born in the desert of a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood. “Man In Charge” features rugged Johnny Cash-esque vocals and sinister lyrics. The song is off Please Stand By, which will be released by Spark & Shine on [...]
Proud Evolution is the new EP from Liars (pictured), due out October 19 via Mute. It features six tracks including a Thom Yorke remix, a live recording from the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and three exclusive b-sides. Liars will be playing several dates in Canada before the release … Brian Eno collaborated with [...]
When Margo Timmins strolled up to the microphone in her low-cut black cocktail dress, wrapped in a scarlet shawl, with a rusty shock of hair draped over one eye a la Veronica Lake, even if you’d never seen Cowboy Junkies before, there was no mistaking her star power at the Villa Montalvo’s Garden Theatre in [...]
Earlier this summer, Delta Spirit released sophomore album History From Below (Rounder), which was produced by Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket) and Eli Thomson. Here’s the video for first single “Bushwick Blues.” It was shot at Rae’s Diner in Santa Monica, Calif., and features the voice of Nic Harcourt in the opening scene.
