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Happy 75th birthday Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy). R.I.P. Growing up. The post Happy 75th Birthday Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy), R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

On July 27 and 28, the Project Pabst festival returned to Portland, OR, and it was a goddamn gorgeous beautiful time. Many must-see acts — from up-and-coming indie rock duo Sweeping Promises to punk legend Billy Idol — made the days worthwhile, and Big Thief’s headlining performance featured ten unreleased songs.  » Read More

In 2021, Jason Isbell released Georgia Blue, a charity album to celebrate Joe Biden winning over the state. Tonight, the country stalwart performed at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.  » Read More

Chappell Roan has been open about her discomfort with her meteoric rise. In June, the 26-year-old pop star choked up onstage in Raleigh and said it was hard to keep up with her career. Last month, Roan said on a podcast that she wanted to quit music because fans were finding out where her parents live and where her sister works.  » Read More

Maurice Williams, who wrote and performed the shortest #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 with the 1960 doo-wop classic “Stay,” has died. Ron Henderson, Williams’ former bandmate in the the Zodiacs, confirmed to the New York Times that Williams died on Aug.  » Read More

For about the first decade of their existence, the Mountain Goats were not an actual band; they were John Darnielle’s solo project. The plural-noun band name was a kind of in-joke; Darnielle would step onstage by himself and say, “Hi, we’re the Mountain Goats.” The Mountain Goats became an actual plural enterprise in the early ’00s,  » Read More

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New York indie-rock crew Closebye announced their second album Hammer Of My Own in June along with its lead single and title track. Today, Closebye are sharing the project’s fourth single and opening track, “Lucky Number,” which also comes with a music video.  » Read More

Ka, the brilliant and cult-beloved Brownsville, Brooklyn rapper and firefighter, has a new album out today, his first since the 2022 pairing of Languish Arts and Woeful Studies. As with past Ka LPs, The Thief Next To Jesus is available exclusively for purchase through his website,  » Read More