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Happy birthday Josh Ritter. Good man. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our review of 2015’s essential Sermon On The Rocks: The post Happy Birthday Josh Ritter appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

45 years ago today, Meat Loaf released debut album Bat Out Of Hell. Open up your eyes, we’ve got a big surprise—it’ll feel all right. The post Meat Loaf Released Debut Album “Bat Out Of Hell” 45 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Nick Oliveri (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Dwarves, Stöner). Don’t wreck everything. Read our QOTSA Over/Under, which involves Nick getting a Roky Erickson tattoo: The post Happy Birthday Nick Oliveri (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Dwarves, Stöner) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Tom Petty. One of the cover stories we’re most proud of. Photo for MAGNET by Christian Lantry. Hard to believe it was 20 years ago. R.I.P., man. The post Happy Birthday Tom Petty appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

20 years ago today, Pavement released Slanted And Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe. Not to be confused with the 30th-anniversary Slanted And Enchanted Revisionist History, which came a decade later—but, of course, songs mean a lot when songs are rebought. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of this landmark album: The post Pavement Released Slanted And Enchanted: “Luxe &  » Read More

Ever since dropping his 2021 self-released album Volcanic Bird Enemy And The Voiced Concern, SoundCloud rap leader Lil Ugly Mane has been releasing a series of one-off singles via Bandcamp. We wrote about “Pink & Rose” and “Easy Prey” earlier this month, and now the Richmond rapper is back with a lo-fi track called “Split Ends.”  » Read More

Superproducer Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe) goes back a long way with the Tragically Hip. In addition to producing 2006’s World Container and 2009’s We Are The Same, it’s long been rumored that Rock recorded work with the Hip’s late frontman Gord Downie, who passed away in 2017.  » Read More

Protection are a new duo made up of Chvrches Iain Cook and Sons & Daughters’ Scott Paterson. Though they’ve known each other for decades, by virtue of both being involved in the Glasgow music scene, they didn’t start making music together until last year during lockdown, as they told NME,  » Read More

Bay Area musician Hannah van Loon started putting out music as Tanukichan back in 2016, and Toro y Moi’s Chaz Bear has been involved in the project since the beginning, releasing it via his Company Records label and producing the Radiolove EP and its full-length follow-up Sundays.  » Read More