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Happy birthday Roger O’Donnell (Cure). Another year away. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our Cure live reviews from 2023: The post Happy Birthday Roger O’Donnell (Cure) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

40 years ago today, Frankie Goes To Hollywood released Welcome To The Pleasuredome. Relax—life goes on day after day. The post Frankie Goes To Hollywood Released “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers). Man of the world. The post Happy Birthday Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

The adventurous rap eccentric Pink Siifu is teasing a new album, and he’s doing so with an ambitious new track. Out today, “SCREW4LIFE’! RIPJALEN’!” spans six murky, shape-shifting minutes, with production by iiye, Mario Luciano, and Apollo Rome. Siifu gets deep into his feelings and deep into his bag. After mourning way too many dead friends and flashing back to the moments before they passed,  » Read More

When someone sings about a “rainbow-colored fighter jet dropping bombs on kids,” how much context do you really need? Do you need to hear about Israel’s campaign of genocide and how people are trying to defend it by arguing that Israel is more tolerant of its LGBTQ population than the rest of the Middle East?  » Read More

In 2005 and 2006, the British industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, their legend long-established by that point, went to Berlin for a series of special events at the Volksbühne. They played a New Year’s Eve show, gave a live soundtrack for the film In The Shadow of the Sun, and recorded a few final pieces of music.  » Read More

Lisa Velez, singer for the Latin freestyle stars Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, is getting her own biopic. As Deadline reports, she’s also executive producing and starring in it, but not as herself.  » Read More

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Julien Baker had what looked to be a great weekend in Los Angeles, where she’s in the midst of a sold-out four-night run at the Bellwether. Sunday the littlest boygenius joined longtime friend Kevin Devine and his Goddamn Band, who were opening the show, to perform “I Love You, I’m Sorry, Please Help Me,  » Read More