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For the last two years, at Jack Antonoff’s annual holiday charity gig, the Ally Coalition Talent Show, Antonoff has performed an unreleased Bleachers song called “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call.” This year, he called it a “work in progress” and joked that it might never come out. But it has indeed come out today,  » Read More

Earlier this month the Killers released their greatest hits album Rebel Diamonds, which concluded with a new song called “Spirit.” Today, for Christmas, they’ve shared another new track in an only semi-official capacity.  » Read More

Father John Misty occasionally releases official live albums, and a new one out today includes a previously unreleased song. Josh Tillman recorded Live At The Sunset Cultural Center just 10 days ago at the Sunset Cultural Center in Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA. The solo gig’s 18-song setlist featured “Corpse Dance,” a seven-minute epic that will presumably will appear in a studio iteration on some upcoming FJM LP.  » Read More

Merry Christmas from Maya Arulpragasam. Your gift: a new free M.I.A. mixtape called Bells Collection, streaming exclusively at her OHMNI website. The timing is intentional: M.I.A. converted to Christianity last year after claiming Jesus Christ appeared to her in a vision. Her statement announcing Bells Collection alludes to the gifts of the Magi and the Star of Bethlehem and bills the project as “A COLLABORATION W/ GOD.”  » Read More

La Dispute have released new music and are turning their full catalog into a give-what-you-can fundraiser for war relief this Christmas day. Yes, the Grand Rapids post-hardcore greats have switched every release on their Bandcamp page to “name your price” setting for 24 hours. According to a social media note from the band,  » Read More

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.  » Read More

*take two Grant Harts and call us in the morning The post We Wish You A Merry Christmas And A Hüsker Dü Year* appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Shane MacGowan (Pogues). And happy Christmas—we love you, baby. R.I.P. Read our review from the final Pogues tour: The post Happy Birthday Shane MacGowan (Pogues), R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Death is not the end. On this day we lost: George Michael (2016), Vic Chesnutt (2009), Eartha Kitt (2008), James Brown (2006), Bryan MacLean (Love, 1998) and Dean Martin (1995). R.I.P. The post The Day The Music Died: George Michael, Vic Chesnutt, Eartha Kitt, James Brown, Bryan MacLean (Love) And Dean Martin appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More