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Graham Hunt has been a mainstay of Wisconsin indie rock for years: as a solo artist, leader of the band Midnight Reruns, and a touring band member for fellow Wisconsin natives like Disq and Mike Krol among other roles. Hunt has a new solo album called Try Not To Laugh out this week via the excellent Smoking Room label,  » Read More

Next year, long-running Seattle-based indie outfit Kuinka are set to return with their fourth full-length album. Fans last heard from the band in 2021 with their latest record, Shiny Little Corners, which found them weaving together influences from folk, synth pop, and guitar-heavy indie rock. They then followed that album with a pair of new singles this year,  » Read More

Austin, Texas-based indie band The American Analog Set have announced a new box set, New Drifters, and shared a previously unreleased song from it, “You Don’t Want Me to Arrive, Do You,” via a lyric video. Plus three other unreleased/rare tracks from been shared.  » Read More

Novelty Island is the psych pop solo project of Liverpool-based musician Tom McConnell. McConnell debuted in 2021 with his first LP, How Are You Coping With This Century, and followed this year with his sophomore record, Wallsend Weekend Television. Early next year, he’s following with a new eight-track EP, Taped Over, envisioned as a single suite of music inspired by medleys from classic records like Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love […]

Although Substance 1987 has not received the same elaborate box-set treatment as the recent re-issues of Power Corruption & Lies and Low-Life, this is a fine collection for New Order enthusiasts.  » Read More

Original AC/DC singer Dave Evans says that he was not surprised to hear about Bon Scott’s death after a night of heavy drinking. The coroner’s report listed “acute alcohol poisoning” as Bon cause of death, the official finding “death by misadventure.” Dave recorded AC/DC’s first two singles, “Can I Sit Next To You Girl” and “Baby,  » Read More

MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) Natural Information Society Since Time Is Gravity (Eremite)2) Amadou / Cambien / Rempis On The Blink (Aerophonic)3) Milford Graves With Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover Children Of The Forest (Black Editions Archive)4) John Butcher The Very Fabric (Hitorri)5) Jaimie Branch Fly Or Die […] The post Best Of 2023: Jazz/Improv appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope)2) Lisa O’Neill All Of This Is Chance (Rough Trade)3) Dean Johnson Nothing For Me, Please (Mama Bird)4) Cat Clyde Down Rounder (Second Prize)5) Sunny War Anarchist Gospel (New West)6) No-No Boy Empire […] The post Best Of 2023: Indie Roots appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy 60th birthday Jon Brion. Don’t ruin your day. Read Elizabeth And The Catapult in MAGNET on Brion’s score to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: The post Happy 60th Birthday Jon Brion appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More