Magnet Magazine

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

Mikaela Davis was thinking big when it came to her new LP, Graceland Way (Kill Rock Stars). “Big” as in

“Radiator” was written under duress in March 2020, just a few weeks into COVID lockdown. “I’d just moved into a

If you’re familiar with Guided By Voices—and why in the hell wouldn’t you be at this point?—you’re well cognizant of

There’s a long tradition of guitar bands smirking through clenched teeth as the amps howl. Gooseberry follows precisely in that

As native Alaskans, frontman Daniel Hall and the rest of the Lives Of Famous Men know something about disconnection. And

George Usher left his mark on New York City’s fabled late-’70s music scene with power-pop bands the Decoys, Beat Rodeo

Longtime contributor Hobart Rowland takes a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine, plus brand-new releases from

The songs of Jonathan Fickes have always been defined by an indelible sense of place. That here-and-now instinct sharpens on

International Druglords’ “Slut Crush” is just the latest sleek, shadowy chapter in the ongoing evolution of mysterious songwriter/producer Vega Blackwell.

Evil Twin invigorates the tried-and-true alt-rock m.o. on the new Upside Down We’re Flying (Werewolf Country), a 10-song set built

Paul Howard wanted to keep things fun and relatable when he wrote Rodeo Mouth’s latest single. Those adjectives rightly sum

While I coined the critical phrase “Noël Coward in a leather bar” in which to describe the dry-witted, literary-worth lyricism

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

Technically, Sunny I Was Wrong (New West) is Joe Pernice’s fifth solo album. But it could be his first—in the

For Stunt Drummer, the best moments often arrive when things shouldn’t work but somehow do. Much like the Portland, Ore.,

Mark Nelson’s extended excursion into the ambient afterlife began a few years prior to the unofficial 2001 disbandment of Labradford,

We all did a lot of things during the pandemic that we likely wouldn’t have done under normal circumstances. Brendan

Los Angeles can do a number on even the most resilient musician. For Chris Lost, his aborted late-’80s tenure with

Joe Jackson has never been particularly interested in mythology—especially the kind that suggests music absorbs some sort of magic from

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. It was producer John James Tourville who came up with the

Scout Gillett spent three years trying to figure out a way to get into the studio with Stuart Sikes, admiring