San Francisco quartet Wooden Shjips just released a video for “Black Smoke Rise” off West, due out September 13 via Thrill Jockey. The clip is black and white and beach-y, following a lone boy walking around under the summer sun. The band will tour the U.S. starting November 5 in Chicago, but in the meantime, [...]
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): Thurston Moore Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is supporting new solo album Demolished Thoughts. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): OK Go OK Go is celebrating its recording of [...]
Since the mid-’90s, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks have both had successful music careers, she as an acclaimed singer/songwriter and he as an electrifying guitar player with his group and the Allman Brothers Band, among others. The two met on tour in 1999, married a couple of years later and had two children, but their [...]
Aaron Livingston and RJD2 have teamed up as Icebird and will be releasing their debut album, The Abandoned Lullaby, on October 11 via RJ’s Electrical Connections. The two first worked together on “Crumbs Off The Table,” a track off of RJD2′s most recent album, Colossus. Individually, RJ’s decade-long career has produced solo records and high-profile [...]
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 ’20s through the ’80s—that you may have missed. A new selection, all currently [...]
Since the mid-’90s, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks have both had successful music careers, she as an acclaimed singer/songwriter and he as an electrifying guitar player with his group and the Allman Brothers Band, among others. The two met on tour in 1999, married a couple of years later and had two children, but their [...]
Indie-pop darlings Mates Of State have released a trailer for Mountaintops, out September 13 via Barsuk Records. The teaser shows the husband-and-wife team working on songs and talking about the slightly rougher direction their music is headed in. To promote the LP, the band hits the road starting September 21 in Washington, D.C., and will [...]
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): Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz is celebrating today’s release of new album Black And White America. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Jeff Bridges Jeff Bridges, who exposed his musical [...]
Since the mid-’90s, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks have both had successful music careers, she as an acclaimed singer/songwriter and he as an electrifying guitar player with his group and the Allman Brothers Band, among others. The two met on tour in 1999, married a couple of years later and had two children, but their [...]
Death Songs is the musical project of Nick Delffs, with assistance from his brother Nathan. (Both have played in the Shaky Hands.) Their reflective, eclectic songs pull from American folk, African drumming and an ever-present awareness of potential demise. Death Songs hails from Portland, Ore., and their self-titled EP is out October 4 via the [...]
