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Happy 80th birthday Rick Danko (The Band), R.I.P.. Shake it up. Read our review of the Band’s essential The Capitol Albums: 1968-1977 collection: The post Happy 80th Birthday Rick Danko (The Band), R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

It's time to discover a modern mix creation method for DJs, podcasters, mix lovers, and humble music fans. DJ.Studio is the ultimate mixtape machine. Because we live in a world where artists, DJs, and even casual music lovers are demanded to make more content just to keep their followers and ...Continue reading  » Read More

Next month, Baton Rouge-based singer/songwriters Clay Parker and Jodi James are set to share their second full-length album as a duo, Your Very Own Dream. The pair released a self-titled EP in 2016 and followed with their full-length debut, 2018’s The Lonesomest Sound That Can Sound, sharing a talent for sparse, plaintive folk meditations and yearning Americana harmonies.  » Read More

By playing it safe, we emerge from the film learning nothing new or illuminating about either figure.  » Read More

Missy Elliott sang Queen Latifah’s praises, Gladys Knight covered “Say a Little Prayer,” and more  » Read More

With his younger brother, Dick, Smothers satirized folk music and politics in the 1960s  » Read More

You’d think the hardest part about ranking your 500 favorite Robert Pollard/Guided By Voices songs would be finding 500 songs you really love. On the contrary. This is Bob Pollard we’re talking about. The hardest thing was limiting the list to 500 tracks. The initial working list had about 750 songs. I’d wake up in […] The post The 500 Best Guided By Voices-Related Songs Of All Time appeared first […]

Happy birthday Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops). December boy’s got it bad. Following his death in 2010, Robert Pollard, Matthew Sweet, Mac McCaughan, Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Tommy Keene and more remembered Alex in MAGNET: The post Happy Birthday Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

35 years ago today, Sub Pop released Sub Pop 200. Nirvana! Screaming Trees! Mudhoney! Soundgarden! Beat Happening! Green River! Tad! The Walkabouts! Fastbacks! Cat Butt! Read our oral history on the early years of Mudhoney and how the band—not Nirvana—saved Sub Pop: The post Sub Pop Released “Sub Pop 200” 35 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More