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Almost a year ago, Justin Bieber canceled his Justice World Tour following several postponements due to his battle with Ramsey Hunt disorder. On Thursday night, he gave a private acoustic performance at the 2,500-cap venue History in Toronto.  » Read More

In the past couple years, guitarist Billy Strings has appeared onstage with Post Malone and Tool. Today he teamed up with a fellow virtuoso, mandolinist Chris Thile, for CBS Saturday Morning.  » Read More

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, legendary reggae bassist who played in Bob Marley & The Wailers, passed away this morning at age 77. His son Aston Barrett Jr. broke the news on social media earlier today.  » Read More

In October, UK art rockers Everything Everything announced their new album Mountainhead and shared “Cold Reactor,” followed by “The Mad Stone” the next month. Today, they’re back with “End Of The Contender,” and it’s an instant return to the late aughts, as bubbly and vibrant as MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular or Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.  » Read More

Porno For Pyros are getting ready for their Horns, Thorns en Halos Farewell Tour. In October, they postponed the shows to finish new material they’d been working on. They shared “Agua” in November, then shared the holiday song “Pete’s Dad.”  » Read More

Last year, Seattle’s TV Star shared the Hallucinate Me and TV3 EPs. The latter was surprise-released, and they’ve taken the same spontaneous route for this new EP with Spiral XP called TVXP.  » 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. “The Dogs” has a cinematic quality. Vicious dogs in Instamatic snapshots with more than a few references to guns. The related emotions can be […] The post Normal History Vol.  » Read More

Happy birthday Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth). Wishing you a perfect day. Read Lee’s MAGNET Feedback on the Beatles, Bowie, the Cribs, Joanna Newsom, Sleater-Kinney, Sharon Van Etten, Neil Young and more: The post Happy Birthday Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

65 years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash. The great thing about music is that it never dies. Read our Vintage Movies column on The Buddy Holly Story: The post Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens And J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson Died In A Plane Crash 65 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More