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Happy birthday Cynthia Plaster Caster. You made and broke the mold. Read about the time Cynthia spent with Belle And Sebastian in our classic B&S cover story: The post Happy Birthday Cynthia Plaster Caster appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

30 years ago today, David Byrne released his self-titled fourth album. A long time ago. Read Peter Bjorn And John in MAGNET on Byrne: The post David Byrne Released His Self-Titled Fourth Album 30 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy 55th birthday Rich Robinson (Black Crowes). Everything’s all right. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our Black Crowes live review from 2022: The post Happy 55th Birthday Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy 80th birthday Philly homegirl Patti LaBelle. Stir it up. The post Happy 80th Birthday Patti LaBelle appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music,  » Read More

The South Korean girl group NewJeans found stardom in the past few years by veering away from dominant K-pop sounds and instead developing a style that fused twee bashfulness with fast, blippy dance music. Their sound works in conversation with other global pop artists like PinkPantheress, and Erika de Casier helped write some of their hits.  » Read More

J. Cole has come out of the whole Drake/Kendrick Lamar situation surprisingly intact. Shortly after Kendrick took shots at both Drake and Cole on Future’s “Like That,” Cole responded with “7 Minute Drill,” a diss track on his surprise mixtape Might Delete Later.  » Read More

Shaq Diesel, back in the rap game! Two weeks ago, after NFL star turned Fox sportscaster Shannon Sharpe criticized Shaquille O’Neal for hating on today’s NBA big men in his analyst role at TNT’s Inside The NBA, Shaq responded with a diss track on his Instagram targeting Sharpe.  » Read More

’00s hitmaker Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Turner have both been arrested and charged with fraud. As TMZ reports, a SWAT team raided Kingston’s house in Southwest Ranches, Florida yesterday morning. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office served arrest and search warrants, and Turner was taken into custody at Kingston’s home.  » Read More