Noah Lennox, also known as Panda Bear of Animal Collective fame, is emerging from a long hibernation after the release of Person Pitch in 2007 with Tomboy (due out April 12 on Paw Tracks). The songs on Tomboy are expansive and atmospheric, relying on Lennox’s distinctive vocals and cyclic melodies. Unlike on Person Pitch, the [...]
MAGNET contributing editor Jud Cost is sharing some of the wealth of classic films he’s been lucky enough to see over the past 40 years. Trolling the backwaters of cinema, he has worked up a list of more than 100 titles—from the ’30s through the ’70s—that you may have missed. A new selection, all currently [...]
Small Source Of Comfort (True North) is the latest LP from legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. It’s also his 31st studio album in a career that dates back all the way to the mid-’60s. Over the years, Cockburn has become one of his country’s most successful and honored musicians, winning more than his share of [...]
Hot off a five-performances-in-two-days stint at SXSW, the High Dials have released a new video for “Chinese Boxes,” off fourth album Anthems For Doomed Youth (Rainbow Quartz). The clip was directed by Nico Stinghe and shot in keyboardist Eric Dougherty’s Montreal apartment. According to the band, an attempt to visually capture the disorienting vibe of [...]
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): The Mountain Goats Rerun from February 23. The Mountain Goats promoted forthcoming album All Eternals Deck with a performance of “Birth Of Serpents.” The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Peter [...]
Small Source Of Comfort (True North) is the latest LP from legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. It’s also his 31st studio album in a career that dates back all the way to the mid-’60s. Over the years, Cockburn has become one of his country’s most successful and honored musicians, winning more than his share of [...]
Rasputina‘s Great American Gingerbread: Rasputina Rarities And Neglected Items (Filthy Bonnet Recording Co.) is out April 5. As you might deduce from the title, it’s a collection of previously unreleased songs compiled by cello-wielding frontwoman (and former MAGNET guest editor) Melora Creager. Great American Gingerbread consists of a 14-track CD and a DVD featuring a [...]
There’s no fuzzier, warmer feeling in the world than the one you get when your favorite band reunites. For fans of the Get Up Kids, the new year brought a wave of euphoria when the Kansas City quintet announced the release of These Are Rules (via the group’s own Quality Hills Records), its first full-length [...]
Small Source Of Comfort (True North) is the latest LP from legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. It’s also his 31st studio album in a career that dates back all the way to the mid-’60s. Over the years, Cockburn has become one of his country’s most successful and honored musicians, winning more than his share of [...]
