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Happy birthday Nico (Velvet Underground). Cologne girl. Read in MAGNET about her little-known supergroup with Brian Eno, John Cale and Kevin Ayers: The post Happy Birthday Nico (Velvet Underground) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

35 years ago today, Deborah Harry released Def, Dumb & Blonde. It was a dirty September. Read our review of the essential most recent Blondie album: The post Deborah Harry Released “Def, Dumb & Blonde” 35 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers). A little bit of sanity. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Chili Peppers live in 2023: The post Happy Birthday Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

35 years ago today, Erasure released Wild!. And there’s magic in the air. Read our classic Q&A with Andy Bell: The post Erasure Released “Wild!” 35 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Mary Halvorson. Guitar heroine. Read our review of her two simultaneously released essential albums from 2022: The post Happy Birthday Mary Halvorson appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Bob Weir (Grateful Dead). Alive ’n’ kickin’. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our Q&A with Bob: The post Happy Birthday Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

It’s Wussy season. The indie rock institution will release the new album Cincinnati Ohio plus two EPs this fall, and lead single “The Great Divide” was achingly great. Whereas that song centered on Lisa Walker, new single “Sure As The Sun” is a spotlight for Chuck Cleaver,  » Read More

This Friday, electro-post-punk band Bear Hands will return with The Key To What, their first new album in five years. It also marks their first record since singer/songwriter Dylan Rau moved from Brookyn to a small town off the Oregon coast, where he intended to take a step back from making music and try something new;  » Read More

The members of the Richmond hardcore band Candy like to explore the weird, extreme boundaries of their genre, messing around with industrial and electronic influences without ever dialing back the all-out ferocity of their tracks. Onstage, Candy are a wild spectacle. On record, they can take some real left turns, but their instincts hit more often than not.  » Read More