On September 6, Reversal Films is releasing Echotone, a documentary about the Austin, Texas, music scene. The movie was directed by Nathan Christ and photographed by Robert Garza and features the likes of the Black Angels, Black Joe Lewis, the Octopus Project, Cari Palazolo, Ghostland Observatory, Bill Baird and more. We are proud to premiere an extended, exclusive interview [...]
It’s the 32nd annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. It was a low-key Wednesday night in Montreal, but the Jazz Festival keeps pushing forward just the same. And while the fest’s mid-week booking wasn’t as alluring as the typical weekend highlights, there were still worthwhile performances to check [...]
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): Cake The former MAGNET guest editors in Cake are supporting newest LP Showroom Of Compassion. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Il Volo Rerun from May 20. Teenage tenor trio [...]
If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). [...]
Earlier this year, Merge issued All Eternals Deck, the latest LP from the Mountain Goats. The 13-track LP is one of the John Darnielle-fronted trio’s best, and the band is touring throughout July and August supporting it, including dates opening for Bright Eyes as well as Lollapalooza. Download All Eternals Deck tracks ”High Hawk Season” and ”Damn These [...]
If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). [...]
If the lush, orchestral musical journeys the band takes us on with each record are any indication, Fan Modine mastermind Gordon Zacharias is one worldly and wise guy. Indeed, it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that Zacharias spent some time hitchhiking around the country and has all sorts of genres listed on his musical [...]
If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). [...]
The Kills are back with fourth album Blood Pressures (Domino). The 11-track LP is Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart’s follow-up to 2008′s Midnight Boom. Catch the duo when they tour in support of it in August and September, download an mp3 of “DNA,” read our 2008 feature on the band, and watch the Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern-directed acoustic videos for [...]
It’s the 32nd annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. One interesting aspect of the Montreal Jazz Fest is that it occurs at the beginning of the summer-event season, and many groups appearing are on their way to Europe to tour the lucrative festival circuit over there. This would [...]
