The seven-song Oui Camera Oui (Hippies Are Dead) is the new EP from the Heavenly States, and not only was it mixed by MAGNET pal John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Hold Steady and a ton of other great bands), it features guest appearances by Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and Eugene Mirman. Now does that [...]
We assume most MAGNET readers are already under the magical, musical spell of the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, but if not, 2011 is the perfect time to change that. The Gothenburg, Sweden, band just released Golden Greats, No. 1 (Little W/The Orchard), a 19-track compilation of songs from throughout the group’s career. TSOOL formed in [...]
On May 10, MAGNET fave the Sea And Cake returns with The Moonlight Butterfly (Thrill Jockey). The six-song, 33-minute mini-album (maxi-EP?) finds Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, Eric Claridge and John McEntire exploring more experimental, instrumental avenues, and the Chicago quartet is already working on its follow-up, due out later this year or in 2012. Download [...]
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 27-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. Because Friendster is going to remove messages, photos and blogs, I trudged over there to take a look. Haven’t been there for [...]
We assume most MAGNET readers are already under the magical, musical spell of the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, but if not, 2011 is the perfect time to change that. The Gothenburg, Sweden, band just released Golden Greats, No. 1 (Little W/The Orchard), a 19-track compilation of songs from throughout the group’s career. TSOOL formed in [...]
London’s Noah And The Whale just released its third album, Last Night On Earth (Mercury). The 10-track LP was co-produced by frontman Charlie Fink and Jason Lader (Julian Casablancas, Mars Volta) and features guest appearances by Jen Turner (Here We Go Magic), the Waters Sisters, Adam MacDougall (Black Crowes) and Lenny Castro. Here’s the video [...]
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): Steve Earle Steve Earle is promoting the brand new I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Moby Moby is performing “The [...]
We assume most MAGNET readers are already under the magical, musical spell of the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, but if not, 2011 is the perfect time to change that. The Gothenburg, Sweden, band just released Golden Greats, No. 1 (Little W/The Orchard), a 19-track compilation of songs from throughout the group’s career. TSOOL formed in [...]
The Fear And Trembling is a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Nashville quartet that marries strains of heavy and melodic rock music in such a way as to extract the best parts of both without compromising the end result. It’s a tough approach to execute well, a fact evidenced by the sheer scarcity of bands that’ve had any commercial or [...]
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 [...]
