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During a concert billed as their final live performance this month at Madison Square Garden, KISS revealed the digital avatars intended to keep their legacy alive on tour perpetually. Now, in a newly released teaser, the band has announced 2027 as the start date for their hologram era. On YouTube,  » Read More

For more than a decade, the tradition has been going strong: Every year around Christmas time, Norwegian indie singer-songwriter extraordinaire Sondre Lerche sends Stereogum a new recording of a well-known pop song. It started way back in 2012 with a cover of Beyoncé’s “Countdown” and has continued with tracks by Sia,  » Read More

Though Bad Moves guitarist David Combs attracted some awesome collaborators for his Dim Wizard project this year, it’s been years since we’ve heard any new music from Bad Moves proper. The DC band finally returned this week with their first new music since 2020 sophomore LP Untenable.  » Read More

The Columbus blackened hardcore band Rejoice will drop their debut album on the very first Friday of 2024. All Of Heaven’s Luck will see release via Cleveland’s Delayed Gratification in the US, but it’s hardly an Ohio-only affair, with various labels putting it out across Canada, Europe, and the UK.  » Read More

The dichotomy of 2023: we had an amazing year for music, in terms of listeners having access to seemingly endless troves of virtuosity and bangingness. We also had a depressing year for music, in terms of the environment in which that music is made.  » Read More

Here we go again, racing to December’s finish line, eager to put another chaotic year in the rearview and nervous about what the next 12 months have in store for us.  » Read More

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 40-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. It’s an eerie feeling to listen to our older songs that intended to contribute to progressive social change. Somehow. Looking back in this context,  » Read More

Happy birthday Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam). Man of the hour. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our classic Q&A with him: The post Happy Birthday Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Chet Baker. You did it the hard way. Read Madeleine Peyroux in MAGNET on Chet, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell and more: The post Happy Birthday Chet Baker appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More