Monthly Archives: April 2011

What Record Are You Most Looking Forward To Next Week?

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The Soundtrack Of Our Lives’ Ebbot Lundberg Can’t Control Himself: Simon Spies (An Influential Character)

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 [...]

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Film At 11: Low

Supposedly, Minnesota’s Low is a side project of the awesome Retribution Gospel Choir, but somehow, these up-and-comers managed to snag Mr. John Fucking Stamos for their new video. (The dude won a Soapy Award for “most exciting new actor” back in 1983 for his excellent work on General Hospital, don’t cha know?) Anyway, the Travis Schneider-directed [...]

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TiVo Party Tonight: OK Go, The Airborne Toxic Event, Tim McGraw, Screaming Females, Lykke Li

Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Jay Leno (NBC): OK Go OK Go is promoting latest album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): The Airborne Toxic Event The Airborne Toxic Event is celebrating this week’s release of All At [...]

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The Soundtrack Of Our Lives’ Ebbot Lundberg Can’t Control Himself: The Loons’ “Loves Dead Leaves” (An Album)

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 [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: Poly Styrene

Former X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene died on Monday after a long battle with cancer. Before her death, she completed Generation Indigo (Future Noise Music), a dozen-track LP that was produced by Youth (Verve, Killing Joke, Edwyn Collins) and mixes punk, reggae, dubstep and pop. Yet it’s all unmistakably Styrene. Download album’s most X-Ray Spex-esque [...]

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Five Eight Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

They say good things come to those who wait, and Georgia quartet Five Eight proves it with the release of Your God Is Dead To Me Now (Iron Horse). It’s the band’s first album since 2004, and it features the lineup of Mike Mantione (principle songwriter, singer and guitar player), Sean Dunn (lead guitar), Patrick [...]

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The Soundtrack Of Our Lives’ Ebbot Lundberg Can’t Control Himself: Brontotherium (A Favourite Prehistoric Animal)

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 [...]

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Film At 11: K.Flay

K.Flay is set to unleash Everything Is Nothing, the final volume of her three-part mix tape I Stopped Caring In ’96. Says the Stanford-educated rapper of the mix, “[It's] about identity, the ways in which I’ve grappled with who I am and what matters to me. For the past year I’ve been in this space [...]

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TiVo Party Tonight: Emmylou Harris, Buddy Guy, Augustana, Dispatch, Lykke Li, Taio Cruz

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): Emmylou Harris The legendary singer/songwriter is promoting brand new album Hard Bargain. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Buddy Guy Old-time blues guitarist Buddy Guy is supporting [...]

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