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50 years ago today, Lynyrd Skynyrd released debut album (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd). Oh, we thought it was pronounced “The One With ‘Freebird’ On It.” Read Amy Rigby in MAGNET on “Freebird”: The post Lynyrd Skynyrd Released Debut Album “(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)” 50 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Roddy Woomble (Idlewild). Are you lonely yet? Get the facts about Idlewild via MAGNET: The post Happy Birthday Roddy Woomble (Idlewild) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » 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. If anyone were to ask if we’d ever done a medley, I might laugh. Turns out we have. While looking for archived references to […] The post Normal History Vol.  » Read More

Happy birthday Ron Mael (Sparks, FFS). Beat the clock. Photo for MAGNET by Sean Shroff. Read Tommy Keene and Wesley Stace in MAGNET on Sparks: The post Happy Birthday Ron Mael (Sparks, FFS) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

55 years ago today, Big Brother & The Holding Company released Cheap Thrills. Oh, sweet Janis.  The post Big Brother & The Holding Company Released “Cheap Thrills” 55 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

The "Celebrating David Bowie" tour already has been rescheduled once after Peter Murphy underwent "an unexpected medical procedure," and now he's out altogether. The post Peter Murphy drops off delayed “Celebrating David Bowie” tour due to ill health appeared first on Slicing Up Eyeballs.  » Read More

Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood have shared statements on the Maui wildfires, which have left at least 80 dead and have devastated the town of Lahaina and its surrounding areas. Nicks owns a house nearby, and on Saturday afternoon she posted a message on social media reflecting on the disaster.  » Read More

One person died and at least six were injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis punk show on Friday night. As the Star Tribune reports, police said that two suspects walked up an alley and opened fire in the backyard of a house venue around 10PM local time,  » Read More

Melle Mel and Eminem have been beefing. The conflict started with some comments that Melle Mel made to The Art Of Dialogue back in March saying that if Eminem wasn’t white, he wouldn’t be considered one of the top five rappers alive. This is all according to Billboard‘s 50 Greatest Rappers Of All Time list that came out earlier this year,  » Read More