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Happy birthday 60th Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)—and the horse you road in on. Read our review of Soul Asylum’s essential 2016 album: The post Happy 60th Birthday Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Plugin Alliance and Native Instruments have launched a groundbreaking drum machine called Battalion, crafted by the innovative minds at Unfiltered Audio.  Released on April 16, 2024, in Berlin, Battalion synthesizes classic and modern beat-making techniques. Its features blend iconic drum ...Continue reading  » Read More

In February, Chicago’s Bill MacKay announced his new album Locust Land and shared “When I Was Here.” Last month, he unveiled “Glow Drift,” and today the folk artist is back with “Keeping In Time.”  » Read More

The Climax, NY musician Ben Seretan releases a lot of different kinds of albums. Some of them are of the instrumental, experimental variety, like 2021’s Cicada Waves. Others are ambitious indie rock, like 2020’s searching and meditative Youth Pastoral. Usually, it’s worth a listen regardless of the genre leanings.  » Read More

The Hove, UK producer and Planet Mu label head Mike Paradinas is about to hit us with another album of hyperactive IDM under the µ-Ziq alias. Grush is dropping in June, and its lead single “Hyper Daddy” lives up to its name. Busily skittering programmed drums and a cacophony of rippling piano and synth melodies coalesce into an intense babbling brook of sound.  » Read More

Candy Apple’s last album was 2021’s ferocious Sweet Dreams Of Violence, which was followed by an EP entitled World For Sale the following year. Today, the Denver hardcore crew is back with the announcement of their new LP Comatose. The deafening singles “Paralyzed,” “Pull The Plug,”  » Read More

Over the past few months, the California duo Sugar World have shared a couple of stray singles, “For A Moment” and “Red Heart On Fire,” follow-ups to their 2022 debut full-length Lost & Found. Today, they’re back with two more new tracks,  » Read More

This Friday, Pillow Queens will release their third album Name Your Sorrow. So far, we’ve heard “Suffer,” “Gone,” and “Like A Lesson,” and today the Irish rock four-piece is offering one final taste with the new single “Heavy Pour.”  » Read More

Last month, Stereogum threw a marathon party in Austin at Cheer Up Charlie’s with help from our friends at AdHoc. During the day, we partnered with Partisan Records and we already shared performance videos and interviews from those artists. At night, we teamed up with Topshelf Records, and we captured more live performances and interviews with the bands that were there.  » Read More