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Happy birthday Dwight Twilley. R.I.P. Rock yourself. Read our ‘80s power-pop feature on Twilley, dB’s, Let’s Active and more: The post Happy Birthday Dwight Twilley, R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

30 years ago today, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 released Strangers From The Universe. You can look to the time soon arriving. Read our Lost Classics feature on this essential album: The post Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 Released “Strangers From The Universe” 30 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Carl Barât (Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, Jackals). What became of the likely lad. Libertines’ Anthems For Doomed Youth was our number-seven album of 2015: The post Happy Birthday Carl Barât (Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, Jackals) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

10 years ago today, First Aid Kit released Stay Gold. Time races on. Read our review of the essential album that came next: The post First Aid Kit Released “Stay Gold” 10 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Alan Licht (Loren MazzaCane Connors, Lee Ranaldo). Play well. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read Mercury Rev in MAGNET on Licht: The post Happy Birthday Alan Licht (Loren MazzaCane Connors, Lee Ranaldo) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

55 years ago today, Elton John released debut album Empty Sky. The favourite turned loose, flying to distant lands. The post Elton John Released Debut Album “Empty Sky” 55 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Steve Vai. Guitar god. Read Aloha in MAGNET on Vai’s epic solo on M83’s “Go!”: The post Happy Birthday Steve Vai appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Beyond their deft noise manipulations and how they stumbled into being expert songwriters, Sonic Youth distinguished themselves from their peers by loving Mariah Carey. On “Kim Gordon And The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream” bassist-guitarist Kim Gordon screeches a combination of fan letter and statement of support to the pop singer, then at the nadir of her career after her 2001 film debut Glitter bombed,  » Read More

The Butthole Surfers have been in retrospective mode this year, which both makes sense and doesn’t compute. The band’s brand of dangerous dirtbag chaos is not congruent with reverential nostalgia, but it’s also exactly the kind of unrepeatable phenomenon that deserves to be preserved by history. Their legend is tied in with their live show more than their studio output;  » Read More