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“It’s the closest we’ve gotten to just straight-up making a movie,” says King Youngblood’s Cameron Lavi-Jones of the bracingly cinematic

David Gray at City Winery, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

On March 24 of last year, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra used Chicago’s Adler Planetarium as a launch pad for

Waterparks, Loveless and Sophie Powers at the Fillmore, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck. Loveless Sophie Powers

Even if you’ve paid scant attention to all things riot grrrl, ’90s past or 21st-century present, you know that the

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

The members of this guitar/drums duo live in North Carolina’s Triangle, a conglomeration of metropolitan areas that contains three major

Raven Drum Foundation benefit show for Friends Of Firefighters featuring Lauren Monroe, Rick Allen, Peter Criss, Jim Keltner, Will Lee

We all can remember a time in life when we didn’t know any better. “You think you’ll live forever, and

Sleater-Kinney at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Offset at the Fillmore, Philadelphia. Photos by Evan Albuck.

Porno For Pyros at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Full disclosure: The album under consideration and I go way back. My old micro-label put one of its songs on

The gist of Amistat’s therapeutic musical philosophy is hardly revelatory, but it is unabashedly sincere. Amistat is lead by well-traveled,

Jon Muq’s career so far has been a stunning exercise in perseverance—from busking in his Ugandan village to making the

Propelling earworm-inducing pop music into avant-garde territory is not easy, but it seems effortless for Escape Artist Lovers. The duo

Grant-Lee Phillips at City Winery, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

It was the coldest day of the year in Seattle when Cheryl Ediss set about filming mega cat’s “Rat Fight”

After she explored new frontiers with exciting side projects like Wild Flag, Ex Hex and Hammered Hulls, Mary Timony’s more

Madi Diaz and Olivia Barton at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. Olivia Barton

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places

Longtime MAGNET contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine over the years,

The only thing more welcome than hearing the once-shambolic live sound of Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit grown and