Sonny And The Sunsets just released Hit After Hit (Fat Possum), and they are hitting the road to promote it with month-long North American tour starting June 27 in Vancouver. Until then, you will just have to keep yourself occupied with this video for album track “Reflections On Youth.” The clever clip was conceived, directed [...]
The 10th record (not including two EPs, a live album and a “greatest hits” collection) from stalwart Toronto band Sloan, The Double Cross (just released on Yep Roc) also serves to commemorate the quartet’s 20th anniversary as a versatile guitar-pop collective. Guitarists Patrick Pentland and Jay Ferguson, bassist Chris Murphy and drummer Andrew Scott—all four [...]
Release The Sunbird (Bob Pollard reference?) is Rogue Wave’s Zach Rogue, and Come Back To Us is the first record by this new project. The LP is out July 26 on the Brushfire label and features tracks Rogue recorded in Bloomington, Ind., at a friend’s studio with a band consisting of drummer Pete Shreiner, bassist/vocalist [...]
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. Continued from May 14 Every day at the International Pop Underground convention, Anita saw Calvin and Candice of K Records talking to [...]
The 10th record (not including two EPs, a live album and a “greatest hits” collection) from stalwart Toronto band Sloan, The Double Cross (just released on Yep Roc) also serves to commemorate the quartet’s 20th anniversary as a versatile guitar-pop collective. Guitarists Patrick Pentland and Jay Ferguson, bassist Chris Murphy and drummer Andrew Scott—all four [...]
Like regrets, we have a few really good Sebadoh stories from back in the day, but we’re not gonna tell them here. Instead, we’ll concentrate on the deluxe reissue of 1994′s classic Bakesale, out June 14 via Sub Pop. The 15-track album has been remastered and features a bonus disc of 25 Bakesale-era b-sides, EP [...]
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 Airborne Toxic Event The Airborne Toxic Event is plugging latest release All At Once. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Il Volo Teenage tenor trio Il Volo [...]
The 10th record (not including two EPs, a live album and a “greatest hits” collection) from stalwart Toronto band Sloan, The Double Cross (just released on Yep Roc) also serves to commemorate the quartet’s 20th anniversary as a versatile guitar-pop collective. Guitarists Patrick Pentland and Jay Ferguson, bassist Chris Murphy and drummer Andrew Scott—all four [...]
Amplifying Host is the latest album from British avant garde/folk guitarist Richard Youngs, and it’s out July 19 via Jagjaguwar. The six-track LP finds Youngs collaborating with MAGNET fave Damon Krukowski (Damon And Naomi, Galaxie 500) and exploring the more Americana side of his musical personality. Youngs just did a handful of shows with Damon [...]
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 [...]
