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Happy birthday David Lovering (Pixies). You’re a magic man. Cover photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov. Read Matt Sharp (Rentals, Weezer) in MAGNET on Everybody (Lovering and fellow Pixie Joey Santiago): The post Happy Birthday David Lovering (Pixies) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

55 years ago today, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival took place. The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane and Santana played. The Grateful Dead canceled because of the violence that was occurring. More than half a century on, still one of rock ’n’ roll’s darkest days. The post The Altamont Speedway Free Festival Took Place 55 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. […]

Happy birthday Rick Buckler (Jam). Boy about town. Read our review of essential Jam boxed set 1977: The post Happy Birthday Rick Buckler (The Jam) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Dave Brubeck. Take six. You’ve earned it. The post Happy Birthday Dave Brubeck appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

It’s the holiday season, which naturally means that we get an avalanche of Christmasy singles, covers, tributes… You get it. This week, V from BTS announced that he’d be releasing a remixed version of Bing Crosby’s famous 1942 yuletide entry “White Christmas.” Released in partnership with the Bing Crosby Estate, Primary Wave Music and Geffen Records,  » Read More

In April of this year, post-hardcore greats Thursday released their first new song since 2011: “Application For Release From The Dream.” Tonight, they’re releasing a follow up, “White Bikes,” which comes with a video of the band recording the single at the historic Hansa Studios in Berlin. It also happens to be the 25th anniversary of Thursday’s first-ever single release.  » Read More

Tonight at London’s Roundhouse, friends, peers, and admirers gathered to celebrate what would have been Mark Lanegan from Screaming Trees’ 60th birthday. The former Screaming Trees leader died in 2022 at 57. The Mark Lanegan tribute show, billed as “Mark Lanegan – A Celebration,” featured Queens Of The Stone Age members Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen (Lanegan was a frequent Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator and part-time member), […]

Back in September, New Jersey avant-rapper (and former Stereogum Artist To Watch) Fatboi Sharif released a collaborative album with Fat Tony and Steel Tipped Dove called Brain Candy. Also this past fall, Fatboi Sharif hopped on a track, “Old Dead Dogs,”  » Read More

Janine Rainforth, singer and co-founder of Bristol post-punk outfit Maximum Joy, has announced her debut solo album, Soul Retrieval, coming in February. Rainforth formed Maximum Joy in 1981 with ex-Glaxo Babies member Tony Wrafter and released a handful of avant-pop/funk-punk singles (“Stretch” being the best-known) plus an album, 1982’s Adrian Sherwood-produced Station MXJY.  » Read More