Magnet Magazine

Before long-distance collaboration became cliché in a high-tech, post-pandemic world, Atta Boy had already established the sort of trust that

The Zac Schulze Gang’s development strategy is simple: Play just about anywhere that’ll have you. Thus far, it’s amounted to

In “Helmet Head,” Kyle Kimbrell has found a certain offbeat poetry in a seemingly disposable moment most of us would

Matthew Squires and Sunk Coast’s Zach Totta met under circumstances that don’t exactly encourage collaboration. Assigned as roommates at a

Dallas Burrow has mined his itinerant life for a wealth of found stories and real-life characters. But these days, the

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

After years of holding down the low end for Built To Spill and Blood Lemon, Melanie Radford has just unveiled

Cinder Well’s Amelia Baker has always found beauty in the places where darkness and light coexist. Which is pretty much

There’s an early-summer, marine-layer ache running through Anna May’s latest single—something a bit more complex than its SoCal shimmer implies.

Knitting made quite the impression with Some Kind Of Heaven, a confident 2024 debut that reinforced the Montreal-based band’s hazy

Few songs have cast a longer shadow over the present-day emo scene than American Football’s downtrodden 1999 gem “Never Meant.”

Riley Downing has always been fixated on the sort of people who rarely find their way into songs. Which makes

“A Bullet Hole In My Ear” emerged from a fruitful conversation between Nanaco Sato and Jan Hoet, curator of 1992’s

Izzy Oram Brown approaches songwriting with intention, waiting until she’s ready to say something before setting aside everything else on

With surprisingly little fanfare over the past 15 years, Costa Rica’s Las Robertas have become one of world’s most affable

What began as a side project following a relocation to Asheville, N.C., has evolved into a compelling companion piece to

If you’re going to play space-oriented rock, Kohoutek might tell you, don’t mess around. The Philadelphia-based ensemble, whose membership orbits

Greazy Alice’s As Time Goes By (Loose) is an unassuming, under-the radar gem that recently fell into our lap through

Spoon and Ratboys at SummerStage, New York City, Photos by We Orshoski.

Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell at the Highmark Mann Center For The Performing Arts, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich.

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

Scott McCaughey at Chris & Deb’s House, Riverton, N.J. Photos by Chris Sikich.