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Sometimes, the hardest part of a relationship is managing the collateral bullshit. “The motivation for ‘Spacesuits’ comes from a handful

Some real-life stories need a little embellishment before they’re fit for public consumption. Sara Milonovich didn’t have that problem with

For more than four decades, Antietam has occupied a singular place in American underground rock. Partners in music and life,

For many of us oldsters, Saturday mornings presented a near-perfect arrangement: Wake up, turn on the TV, adjust the rabbit

MAGNET photographer Eric Ring shot some of the highlights from the 33rd annual XPoNential Music Festival: Little Feat, Portugal. The

Though she’d already recorded one version of her debut LP, The Knife, The Needle (Merge), Elanor Moss felt there was

As album titles go, The Day They Let You Out Is The Day They Might Not Let You Come Back

The War On Drugs at the Queen, Wilmington, Del. 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

Danny Elfman at SummerStage, New York City, Photos by Wes Orshoski.

After 17 albums as John Wesley Harding and a more recent spurt under his given name, Wesley Stace has earned

Funny how, after more than 30 years, the Van Pelt is influential enough to be a reference point for generations

When Cabaret Voltaire released Code in 1987, the industrial-music pioneers found themselves in a unique position. After years spent helping

John Vanderslice is done being John Vanderslice—or at least the version people thought they knew. After decades as a meticulous

For Mia Doi Todd, leaving Los Angeles for Maui provided the sort of immersive calm that eluded her in the

Mitch Myers, MAGNET’s own Hebrew school dropout (blame the Monkees), finally gives his Torah speech—with accompaniment from guitarist Gary Lucas

The Human Hearts’ latest video sure put frontman Franklin Bruno on the spot. He finally had to learn how to

“‘Battleground’ is about how we as a society let people and companies with lots of money, power and influence get

There’s a scene at the end of Spike Jonze’s 2020 documentary Beastie Boys Story where Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz revisits the group’s final

Shudder To Think at Bowery Ballroom, New York City. Photos by Wes Orshoski.

Social Distortion at Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, N.Y. 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