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): Cage The Elephant Rerun from January 11. Cage The Elephant plugged brand new album Thank You, Happy Birthday with performances of “Shake Me Down” and “Around My Head.” The Tonight Show [...]
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 [...]
New Mystery Girl is the latest project from Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Chrissy Flatt, and its self-released debut album, Twist City, is a dozen-song collection that references all the good stuff from the ’60s and ’70s: girl groups, garage rock, glam, punk, et al. While Flatt has assembled a band of local luminaries, it’s no secret [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week NOFX takes on Billie Holiday’s “All Of Me.” MAGNET’s Ryan Burleson pulls the pin. Take cover! Vocal jazz purists take heed: I’m one step ahead of you. Yes, we at MAGNET know that Billie Holiday didn’t write “All Of Me.” [...]
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 [...]
You probably remember Gold Motel frontwoman Greta Morgan from the time she spent singing and playing piano for the Chicago-based Hush Sound. (She was known as Greta Salpeter back then.) When that band called it quits a couple years ago, Morgan headed to Southern California to write Gold Motel’s self-titled five-song EP, which she recorded with [...]
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): White Lies The U.K.’s White Lies (who are guest editing the MAGNET website next week) are supporting sophomore album Ritual. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Iron & Wine [...]
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 [...]
Philly power-pop faves the Bigger Lovers have reunited after half a decade apart to celebrate the the 10th anniversary of their classic debut album, How I Learned To Stop Worrying. (Read more about the LP here.) The band is also reissuing How I Learned To Stop Worrying digitally and on vinyl via its Miles Above [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Acrylics, Apex Manor, Ben + Vesper, David Berkeley, Caroline, Chikita Violenta, James Curd Presents Ziggy Franklin, Matthew Friedberger, Gang Of Four, Grouplove, Lia Ices, Monotonix, My Disco, the Radio Dept., Seryn, Sidi Touré and John Vanderslice. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
