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40 years ago today, the Special AKA released lone album In The Studio. You give some people a real good time. Read Phenomenal Handclap Band in MAGNET on the Specials: The post The Special AKA Released Lone Album “In The Studio” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Waylon Jennings. The Outlaw Balladeer. Read Amy Rigby in MAGNET on the Highwaymen (Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson): The post Happy Birthday Waylon Jennings appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

15 years ago today, We Were Promised Jetpacks released debut album These Four Walls. An almighty thud. Check out the mix tape they made us two years later: The post We Were Promised Jetpacks Released Debut Album “These Four Walls” 15 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

A couple of weeks ago, Crowded House released their new album Gravity Stairs. The band brought “Teenage Summer” to late-night television earlier this month, and today they performed that track and “The Howl” on CBS’ Saturday Sessions.  » Read More

The classic hip-hop movie Beat Street premiered in theaters 40 years ago this month. On Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival, rap great Nas announced he will be helping on a musical adaptation with Arthur Baker.  » Read More

Earlier this week, the model for Duran Duran’s Rio cover was finally identified. On Friday, the band’s frontman Simon Le Bon made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honors, along with Heather Small of M People and Liz Pemberton-Mitchell of Boney M.  » Read More

On Friday, James Blake held a 12-hour event full of DJ sets and performances, taking place at New York’s Knockdown Center from 5PM-5AM. On Wednesday and Thursday, the British singer and producer performed piano shows with covers of Frank Ocean, Joni Mitchell, Feist, and more. Today, he unleashed a surprise EP titled CMYK 002.  » Read More

Pearl Jam are just a couple of weeks away from their concert in London and it seems some tickets are selling slow. Pearl Jam tickets A video clip from a fan showed numerous empty seats even after they closed two of the upper tiers & moved the seats down. It was just a few months back,  » Read More

The Metallica Blacklist is a various artists tribute album featuring covers of every track from Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album (commonly known as The Black Album). The collection was assembled in part with the original album’s 30th anniversary. Most of the songs are covered multiple times, with 53 artists participating. The album was released in digital formats on September 10th,  » Read More