As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. 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 [...]
L.A.’s David Gergen likes to fly solo. He converted his living room into a home studio in order to record his fourth album, The Nearer It Was…The Farther It Became (due out January 18), which contains songs written and performed by Gergen alone. So what you’ll get is a sound purely his, entirely untouched by any [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. For almost two decades, Rasputina has carved out one of the most interesting niches in contemporary music. Melora Creager founded the cello-based ensemble in Brooklyn in 1992, and although the [...]
Nashville-based musician Keegan DeWitt, who also spends time as a film-score composer (he’s studied under director David Mamet and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman), just released a limited-edition single on Theory 8 Records. “Two Hearts”/”Reluctance” follows the recent Nothing Shows EP and serves as a taste of things to come on a new EP that’s due [...]
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): Florence And The Machine Rerun from December 16. The Grammy nominee for best new artist supported debut LP Lungs with a performance of “Cosmic Love.” The Tonight Show With Jay [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. For almost two decades, Rasputina has carved out one of the most interesting niches in contemporary music. Melora Creager founded the cello-based ensemble in Brooklyn in 1992, and although the [...]
The Bottletop Band is a new supergroups made up of guitarists/vocalists Carl Barât (Dirty Pretty Things, Libertines) and Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), drummer Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) and bassist Drew McConnell (Babyshambles). The band’s debut, Dream Service, is due in April and features guest appearances by the likes of Tim Burgess, VV Brown and [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Trans Am walks the same line between substance and style that its namesake car model did in its heyday. Often considered the leading light of the ’90s post-rock scene, the [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week The Secret Sisters take on Johnny Cash’s “Big River.” MAGNET’s Ryan Burleson pulls the pin. Take cover! “Big River,” one of 10 singles from Johnny Cash’s second album, 1958′s Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous, is a forlorn tale of [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Trans Am walks the same line between substance and style that its namesake car model did in its heyday. Often considered the leading light of the ’90s post-rock scene, the [...]
