On March 8, MAGNET faves Parts & Labor will release Constant Future (Jagjaguwar). The 12-song LP is the Brooklyn trio’s fifth, and it was co-produced by the band and Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Sleater-Kinney) at his Tarbox Road Studios in Casadega, N.Y., though P&L tracked the record themselves in a former boxing ring in Milwaukee. Parts [...]
You might know award-winning critic/journalist Tom Moon from his bestselling book 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, his contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered or his freelance work in the likes of Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin and Vibe, but around the MAGNET office, when we think of Moon, we think of the nearly [...]
“Overexposure” is the first single from Sick Of Sarah‘s 2205, which is due out February 1 via the Adament label. The sophomore album from these Minneapolis ladies is named after their house/rehearsal space, located at 2205 Grand Ave. (All five band members also have “2205″ tattoos on their wrists.) Watch the Shane Nelson-directed clip for “Overexposure” [...]
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): Cage The Elephant Cage The Elephant is plugging brand new album Thank You, Happy Birthday. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Neon Trees Rerun from January 13. Utah’s Neon Trees was supporting latest [...]
You might know award-winning critic/journalist Tom Moon from his bestselling book 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, his contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered or his freelance work in the likes of Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin and Vibe, but around the MAGNET office, when we think of Moon, we think of the nearly [...]
Berkeley, Calif.’s Winter’s Fall is releasing its second album, At All Angles (Velvet Blue Music), on February 15. The 12-track LP is the follow-up to the band’s 2008 self-titled debut, and it marks an enormous step forward for Western/sci-fi fivesome. The Peter Winter Stanley-led outfit spent three years making At All Angles, and the band [...]
If practice makes perfect, then Raleigh, N.C., quartet the Static Minds are a well-oiled machine of rock ‘n’ roll. Collectively, the members of the band have played (or currently play) in at least 10 other projects, coming together with their perfectly honed skills for loud, power-chord-driven garage rock and high-energy live performances. Debut album Electricity [...]
You might know award-winning critic/journalist Tom Moon from his bestselling book 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, his contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered or his freelance work in the likes of Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin and Vibe, but around the MAGNET office, when we think of Moon, we think of the nearly [...]
Metric just released the eight-track Metric iTunes Session (Metric Music/Mom + Pop), which the band recorded last month while in L.A. to play Jimmy Kimmel. It contains both extended versions of fan favorites and stripped-down acoustic numbers with a string-quartet accompaniment, as well as a 30-minutes interview with the band. The highlight, however, is Metric’s [...]
