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Alex Van Halen revealed to Rolling Stone that he suffered a bad spinal injury a few years ago and was struggling to walk, and couldn’t play drums. He’s starting to play again and is walking with a limp. “Had you seen me six months ago,” he says, “you’d go, man, I’m in sad shape.” “You know DARPA,  » Read More

Human Potential’s Andrew Becker first came across the phrase “cut worm forgives the plow” in a novel by Claire Vaye Watkins. “For whatever reason, it struck me as a simple line that was also quite beautiful and insightful,” says Becker. Only later did he discover that the snippet was lifted from William Blake. “It’s generally interpreted as […] The post MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Human Potential’s “Cut Worm Forgets The Plow”  » Read […]

50 years ago today, Tom Waits released The Heart Of Saturday Night. Still haven’t found what we’re looking for. Read our classic Waits cover story: The post Tom Waits Released “The Heart Of Saturday Night” 50 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Chris Geddes (Belle And Sebastian). Beans! Photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov. Read our classic B&S cover story: The post Happy Birthday Chris Geddes (Belle And Sebastian) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

40 years ago today, XTC released The Big Express. All aboard. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Skylarking: The post XTC Released “The Big Express” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Richard Carpenter (Carpenters). Rainy days, birthdays and Sundays … Read Thurston Moore in MAGNET on being dissed by Ellen Page in Juno for Sonic Youth covering the Carpenters: The post Happy Birthday Richard Carpenter (Carpenters) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

We last heard from the heavy North Carolina shoegazers Clearbody when they released their 2023 EP Bend Into A Blur. Today, they’ve followed it with a new standalone single. Their song “In Another Life” is an urgent churn with some big hooks. I can’t read that title without my brain singing it in Katy Perry voice,  » Read More

Crowning, the Chicago trio whose membership includes Frail Body leader Lowell Shaffer, are a serious force in the mutually supportive screamo underground, and they’re always down to release a split with another band. Crowning have a bunch of splits to their name. The way they do the splits, bitch, their pants might rip.  » Read More

Richmond metal-punks Private Hell have lately been talking about their plan to knock out a series of self-released flexis. The first of those EPs is called Wake Up Screaming, and it came out last Friday. The band already shared the towering opening track “Dead Inside,”  » Read More