In commercial terms, Ivy is but a footnote in the career of bassist Adam Schlesinger, who between his duties in Fountains Of Wayne and his work as a prolific songwriter for hire has made far greater claims on the public’s attention. But in a world where diffident cool trumped sugary snark, the trio of Schlesinger, [...]
Brooklyn psych/pop/folk experimenter Damon McMahon (a.k.a. Amen Dunes) has just released new LP Through Donkey Jaw via Sacred Bones Records. Directed by Kenny Curwood, the super-8 video for album track “Christopher” is an “ode to self, bedrooms and Aquarius.” Check out the trippy clip below.
Intelligent, witty and, above all, still English after all these years, no one has a better right to reinvigorate a classic theme from the Ray Davies songbook than John Wesley Harding. His “There’s A Starbucks (Where The Starbucks Used To Be)” bemoans the loss of what were once thought of as revered landmarks (a la [...]
While the reunited classic lineup of longtime MAGNET fave Guided By Voices was touring over the past year, Robert Pollard and Co. secretly recorded an album in various members’ houses and garages. The 21-track Let’s Go Eat The Factory is out January 1, and there’s already rumblings about a second album due in May that’s been [...]
All of the comics in the neighborhood wish they could be like Reggie Watts. By Patrick Rapa In the music world, there are a few people who kinda sorta do what Reggie Watts does: looping, beatboxing, building up songs with nothing but an acrobatic tongue and an effects pedal. Nobody really walks the same improv tightrope, [...]
Hungarian indie rockers the Moog will release their third album in March on MuSick Recordings. The new LP came together earlier in the summer with producer Ken Scott (Beatles, Duran Duran, David Bowie). Below you can check out a video of the band goofing off in the studio, with clips of some new songs playing [...]
Jesse Payne‘s voice drips with sorrow, as if it were hitting a cold wooden floor softly and methodically. “Take Me” is the opening track off Buffalo, out October 4 via the Capture Music label, and it’s a comfortable-sounding song that lulls and dwells deep inside of you. Download it below. “Take Me” (download): [Audio clip: [...]
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. I must have missed this episode. April 13, 1973. Actually, I may have seen it. This would not have been of any [...]
Fall On Your Sword get serious with the score to Another Earth. By Shaun Brady Judged solely by their YouTube page, Fall On Your Sword might be easy to write off as little more than a mildly clever pair of musicians with access to editing software. Amusing enough to pass a little downtime in the office, [...]
This is what it would look like if we stumbled upon our parents taking acid in our living room. The video for “We Will Never Be Discovered” is just so god damn weird. The latest from the City And Horses reminds us of Beck-styled groovy riffs with a host of miscellaneous and eclectric instruments integrating throughout. Pair [...]
