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Vampire Weekend performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Saturday, and they broke out two covers they’ve never done before. First they did a bit of Bruce Springsteen’s The River song “Hungry Heart” after an audience member requested a Springsteen song for their birthday. Later on in the set,  » Read More

Post Malone performed a special set of covers for the second night of Stagecoach 2024, the country music fest that takes place the weekend after Coachella on the same Empire Polo Club grounds. Prior to the show, Post Malone gave out a phone number where one could text their requests as to what he covered.  » Read More

For the 2021 movie Electric Jesus, about a fictional ’80s religious metal band called 316, Daniel Smith of the quirky Christian underground rock band Danielson wrote a bunch of fake Christian hair metal songs. The film’s soundtrack also included “Come And Save Me,” an epic eight-minute Danielson song in the band’s usual theatrical indie-pop style (i.e.  » Read More

Tom Petty has long been a beloved figure in country music circles, and a new tribute album will feature a bunch of country luminaries covering his songs. We’ve already posted Dolly Parton’s version of “Southern Accents,” the lead single from the forthcoming compilation Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty,  » Read More

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Lately, the young and incisive Chicago rap great Saba has been working closely with legendary producer and fellow Chicagoan No ID. They’re slowly rolling out the collaborative album From The Private Collection Of Saba And No ID, and we’ve already posted their singles “Back In Office”  » Read More

Moby is an open book — literally. Few electronic producers across the last several decades have been the focus of such a sustained level of public and press attention the way the 58-year-old mononymous superstar (known in government documents as Richard Melville Hall) has. There’s a lot out there to know about Moby,  » Read More

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 41-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. Even though it was about 30 years ago, I remember the essence of the guy I wrote “Trapped Against” about. As for the song’s […] The post Normal History Vol.  » Read More

Happy birthday Kate Pierson (B-52s). You go, cosmic thing! Read our Q&A with Miss Kate: The post Happy Birthday Kate Pierson (B-52s) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More