To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Abe Vigoda, Matt Costa, Luke Doucet & The White Falcon, Karen Elson, How To Dress Well, the Hundred In The Hands, Vincent Minor, the Moaners, Frankie Rose And The Outs, Shit Robot and the Young Scamels. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
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 [...]
On September 28, Meridene is issuing Something Like Blood (Amble Down), the follow-up to 2008 debut You’re Not Pretty, You’re Worse. The Eau Claire, Wisc., quartet recorded its sophomore LP at Bon Iver’s home studio with Peter Wolf Crier’s Brian Moen producing and mixing and Pedro The Lion’s T.W. Walsh mastering. The album is available [...]
Fans of Swedish indie rock, rejoice: After four years of inactivity, the eclectic popsters in Junip have reunited to record their first full-length album. The trio—vocalist/guitarist José González, keyboardist Tobias Winterkorn and drummer Elias Araya—formed more than a decade ago in its hometown of Gothenburg and released a well-regarded EP in 2005. Soon after, the [...]
Back in the ’90s, the Mommyheads were a quirky, pop-leaning indie-rock band with a cult following that achieved virtually no commercial success whatsoever. The same can be said about far too many other groups from the era, but what separated the Mommyheads from their peers was just how good these musicians were. Although they broke [...]
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): Chromeo Montreal’s Chromeo is supporting latest album Business Casual. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): OK Go OK Go is promoting latest album Of The Blue Colour [...]
Fans of Swedish indie rock, rejoice: After four years of inactivity, the eclectic popsters in Junip have reunited to record their first full-length album. The trio—vocalist/guitarist José González, keyboardist Tobias Winterkorn and drummer Elias Araya—formed more than a decade ago in its hometown of Gothenburg and released a well-regarded EP in 2005. Soon after, the [...]
It’s hard to believe a decade has passed since Clinic‘s Internal Wranglers baffled us in the best way possible at the turn of the century. Since then, the Liverpool boys have released four distinctive psych/pop albums, toured with the world with Radiohead, the Flaming Lips and Arcade Fire, been nominated for a Grammy and kept [...]
Fans of Swedish indie rock, rejoice: After four years of inactivity, the eclectic popsters in Junip have reunited to record their first full-length album. The trio—vocalist/guitarist José González, keyboardist Tobias Winterkorn and drummer Elias Araya—formed more than a decade ago in its hometown of Gothenburg and released a well-regarded EP in 2005. Soon after, the [...]
Chris Lawhorn, the resident DJ at Marie Claire and Real Age, reviews 300-400 singles every month, trying to find the best new music for a workout. Every week, he’ll be posting an indie-centric playlist for MAGNET readers. To vote on upcoming tracks, hear this month’s contenders and find more resources for matching songs to the [...]
