The Black Angels just released third album Phosphene Dream (Blue Horizon), which the Texas band recorded over six months in Los Angeles with producer extraordinaire Dave Sardy (Oasis, Rolling Stones, et al). Tonight in Chicago, the Black Angels are kicking off a month-long co-headlining tour with Black Mountain that will take the two bands across [...]
It’s a big week for Brooklyn’s Atlantic/Pacific. The quartet’s debut album, Meet Your New Love, was just issued by No Sleep Records, and it’s already gaining praise for its soothing, layered guitar lines and distant vocals. The band’s record-release show takes place tonight at the Bell House in New York City, right before it kicks [...]
Kim Richey spent the initial portion of her 15-year career chafing at various stylistic restraints, some self-imposed, others foisted upon her by others. Through the second half of the ’90s, the itinerant daughter of a Dayton, Ohio, record-store owner sampled and discarded various guises: new-country misfit (1995′s Nashville-friendly self-titled debut), Lucinda Williams in waiting (1997’s [...]
Toronto’s Bonjay—singer Alanna Stuart and producer Ian “Pho” Swain—just issued debut mini-album Broughtupsy and tonight kicked off a month-long North American tour in NYC. The eclectic record’s first single is “Stumble,” and the band created two videos for the track. Both were directed by Sammy Rawal, and each features a different interpretation of the same choreography by [...]
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): Kylie Minogue The Australian pop star is likely to perform single “Get Outta My Way” from new album Aphrodite. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): A Perfect Circle No new [...]
Kim Richey spent the initial portion of her 15-year career chafing at various stylistic restraints, some self-imposed, others foisted upon her by others. Through the second half of the ’90s, the itinerant daughter of a Dayton, Ohio, record-store owner sampled and discarded various guises: new-country misfit (1995′s Nashville-friendly self-titled debut), Lucinda Williams in waiting (1997’s [...]
Longtime MAGNET fave Harvey Danger called it quits last year with a brief farewell tour, and while we were really sad to see them go, the Seattle band has just released a posthumous final single. ”The Show Must Not Go On” was written for the final tour and recorded just after it, but it was only [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week Death Cab For Cutie takes on Björk “All Is Full Of Love.” MAGNET’s Ryan Burleson pulls the pin. Take cover! Songs that have compelling back stories, to me, always provide a more enriching listen than, say, those context-less pop nuggets [...]
Kim Richey spent the initial portion of her 15-year career chafing at various stylistic restraints, some self-imposed, others foisted upon her by others. Through the second half of the ’90s, the itinerant daughter of a Dayton, Ohio, record-store owner sampled and discarded various guises: new-country misfit (1995′s Nashville-friendly self-titled debut), Lucinda Williams in waiting (1997’s [...]
This alternate version of “Terrible Love” is one of the eight bonus tracks from the expanded edition of the National‘s High Violet (4AD), out November 2. It will also be available as a seven-inch single with fellow bonus track “You Were A Kindness.” The video for “Terrible Love” features footage from the recent Obama rally [...]
