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Happy birthday Brinsley Schwarz (Graham Parker, Brinsley Schwarz). Yeah, they named the band after him. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Parker’s Howlin’ Wind: The post Happy Birthday Brinsley Schwarz (Graham Parker, Brinsley Schwarz) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Leon Theremin (inventor of the, uh, theremin). You led a long, interesting life, music comrade—even though you helped the KGB spy on us. (Asshole.) Read the Big Pink and Dr. Dog in MAGNET on homemade theremins: The post Happy Birthday Leon Theremin appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

In June, Lupe Fiasco released his new album Samurai, which he told us all about. In that same interview, the rapper discussed Child Rebel Soldier, his old supergroup with Kanye West and Pharrell Williams that often sampled Thom Yorke’s material. Today, Fiasco returned with an unreleased CRS song titled “SHRINK,”  » Read More

Last week, Lauryn Hill canceled her US tour with her group the Fugees, blaming the media’s “sensationalism” about previous show cancelations for low ticket sales. Yesterday, Pras shared a diss track about Hill.  » Read More

In August of last year, a woman named Ashley Repp filed a lawsuit against Nick Carter, claiming the Backstreet Boys member raped her on a yacht in 2003 when she was 15 years old. In January, Carter countersued Repp for defamation, and now the judge dismissed his countersuit.  » Read More

A couple of months ago Riot Fest announced its new venue — SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, about 45 minutes out of Chicago. Today it was revealed that the fest is reverting back to the usual Douglass Park location.  » Read More

Indie rock veterans Nada Surf are getting ready to drop their new album Moon Mirror next month. So far, they’ve shared the singles “In Front Of Me Now” and “New Propeller,” and we’re getting another sample of the record today with “Losing.”  » Read More

John Davis, formerly of Superdrag and the Lees Of Memory, has a new solo album called JINX dropping soon. It was supposed to be a Superdrag album, but plans changed. We heard “The Future” in July, and now that we’re in the future, Davis has revealed another track.  » Read More

Earlier this year, Okay Kaya returned with “The Groke,” her first new music since 2022. Today, the Norwegian-American alt-pop musician is announcing her fourth album Oh My God – That’s So Me and releasing the radiant single “Check Your Face.”  » Read More