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Happy 45th birthday Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon). It’s the summertime. Read our review of Kings Of Leon’s essential Walls: The post Happy 45th Birthday Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Closebye are a New York band who make warm, brisk indie rock; their members just so happen to include Margaux Bouchegnies, whose solo work we’ve also enjoyed. Closebye are coming out with their second album Hammer Of My Own in August, and today, they’ve shared its lovely title track.  » Read More

Being Dead are an indie rock duo comprising bandmates Falcon Bitch and Shmoofy, “two true-blue freak bitch besties holed up in a lil’ house in the heart of Austin, Texas.” Those freak bitches’ sophomore album EELS is arriving this September, and they’re previewing the record with its lead single “Firefighters.”  » Read More

The ultra-distinct San Pedro rapper Remble released his debut mixtape It’s Remble in 2021, and he made a name for himself by honing a very particular style — clipped and ultra-precise diction that contrasts sharply with the grimy content of the lyrics. Even though he’d become a viral sensation,  » Read More

Delhi art-rockers Peter Cat Recording Co. call themselves “the last remaining band in India,” and they played their first American tour last year. Now, Peter Cat Recording Co. are getting ready to release the new album BETA, and we’ve already posted first single “People Never Change.”  » Read More

It’s been over a decade since we last got an album from Melt-Banana, but they’re picking up right where they left off. Ahead of their new album 3+5 this summer (following up 2013’s Fetch), the Tokyo noise rock icons have shared the wild single “Flipside.”  » Read More

Pom Pom Squad, the one-woman alt-rock project from New York’s Mia Berrin, made a lot of noise with their 2021 debut album Death Of A Cheerleader. They became a Stereogum Band To Watch, and my brain exploded a little bit when I learned that Berrin is MC Serch’s daughter.  » Read More

It has been a very long time since the world has heard from the French-born, Spanish-based singer-songwriter Manu Chao. After busking on the Paris Metro, Chao led the bands Mano Negra and Radio Bemba Sound System, and he became a global superstar with the success of his 1998 solo debut Clandestino.  » Read More

Have you ever been at a Ceremony show when they played “Kersed”? Because oh man. Holy shit. Ceremony have been through a great many evolutions over their lifespan, but “Kersed” remains one of their definitive anthems. The band released the minute-long face-basher on their 2006 debut album Violence Violence,  » Read More