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Regina Spektor at The Met, Philadelphia. Photos by Chris Sikich. The post Regina Spektor At The Met, Philadelphia appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Earlier this year, Welcome Skateboards unveiled Nine Inch Nails-themed decks. Now, the brand is back with a collection inspired by Britney Spears.  » Read More

On Friday, Chicago began a four-day celebration for Steve Albini — the underground rock polymath who tragically passed away in May — in honor of his birthday on July 22. On Sunday, it was revealed that Belmont Avenue, which goes by Albini’s Electrical Audio studio, would be renamed Steve Albini Way.  » Read More

Mura Masa, one of the more consistently solid pan-genre producer types in the festival-friendly music landscape, has announced a new album. It’s coming soon, too: Curve 1 will be out in just over three weeks. It contains the recent singles “We Are Making Out,” “Rise/Gimme,”  » Read More

Day 2 of Project Pabst — the resurrected Portland music festival where Stereogum was a media partner this year — began much like the previous day. The slightly overcast sky and pleasant breeze lasted for the first hour of the festival, giving way to relentless cheery sunshine. By 2:30PM on Sunday, the crowd was a bit thinner than Saturday but a little more lively.  » Read More

Sex Week — the buzzy Brooklyn duo of Pearl Amanda Dickson and Richard Orofino — will release their debut self-titled EP next month, but we’re already getting to hear a lot of it before then. Following “Toad Mode,” “Angel Blessings,” and “Cockpit,”  » Read More

Tune-Yards’ third studio album Nikki Nack turns 10 years old this year. To celebrate, the art-pop duo are releasing an anniversary edition this summer with a few extra bonus tracks. One of those is a remix of “Water Fountain” by Water From Your Eyes, aptly titled “Water From Your Fountain,”  » Read More

Genre-jumbler KennyHoopla’s music has often veered between pop-punk and indie rock, depending on whether he was working with Travis Barker or not. Today he’s back in indie mode, including in a business sense: New single “ONE TULIP//” is his first release since parting ways with Arista Records. It’s a jangly, dreamy, post-punky track that sounds like Captured Tracks could have released it in 2012.  » Read More

No Age’s Dean Spunt has a new solo album on the way. Basic Editions, dropping in September, is billed as “an excursion in electronic sound that instrumentally unpacks his fascination with language — in this case, the syntax of systems and processes of various 64-voice E-mu modules.” Opening track “Gonzo Bop”  » Read More