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Now that we’re reviewed the past year in music, we turn our attention to 2024 the only way we know how — with a too-long list.  » Read More

Fleshwater are closing out the year with a new EP. The band, featuring members of Vein.fm, impressed a lot of people with their late 2022 debut album We’re Not Here To Be Loved — including us — and their nu-gaze sound, combining elements of nu-metal and shoegaze,  » Read More

Since 2007, DJ Earworm, aka San Francisco mashup artist Jordan Roseman, has been ending each year by combining the biggest hits of the past 12 months (according to Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 rankings) into a gargantuan song-length time capsule called “United State Of Pop.” This year’s installment, subtitled “Cut The Flowers,”  » Read More

Hovvdy have been hitting us with a lot of new singles lately, all of them accenting the Austin duo’s woozy, amniotic slowcore with sample-based electronic elements. First came “Jean,” then “Bubba.” And now, on Boxing Day, they’ve given us the warm and tender “Portrait.”  » Read More

A batch of 16 songs featuring contributions from Skrillex, Blaqstarr, and Troy Baker  » Read More

Happy birthday James Mercer (Shins, Broken Bells). It’s only life. Photos of James for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov; photos of the Shins for MAGNET by Christian Lantry. Read our classic Shins cover story from 2006 and our MAGNET Classics on the making of Chutes Too Narrow: The post Happy Birthday James Mercer (Shins,  » Read More

Happy birthday Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt). No turning back. Read our Q&A with him: The post Happy Birthday Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy 60th birthday Lars Ulrich (Metallica). Great Dane. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our review of Metallica’s essential latest album: The post Happy 60th Birthday Lars Ulrich (Metallica) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Lil Uzi Vert has joined the list of artists releasing new music on Christmas without actually putting it on DSPs, which puts him in the company of the Killers, M.I.A., La Dispute, kind of Father John Misty, and sort of Jack Antonoff.  » Read More