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MAGNET Exclusive: Queen Quail goes track by track on âNarcissus.â âThis is filled with little snapshots of memoriesâin particular, being close to sleep as a child and then hearing my mom receive the phone call that her father had passed away.â Check it out:
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Live Review: Ben Folds (
@actualbenfolds.bsky.social
) at City Winery. It was a magical night of songs and stories by one of the more consistently great musicians of our time. Words and photos by Eric Ring:
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Essential New Music: Bildersâ âNeverlastingâ (Carbon, Grapefruit). âBill Direen writes about human universality, one squinty-eyed closeup at a time.â Read our review:
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Live Review: The 8 Nights Of Hanukkah With Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom with the Sun Ra Arkestra and Jon Glaser. â@actualylt.bsky.socialâs little corner of the indie-rock world is always well worth a visit this time of year.â By Corey duBrowa:
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The
@meccanormal.bsky.social
guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his bandâs 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith:
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MAGNETâs Top 30 Albums Of 2025
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Q&A with Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices). In a rare interview, Pollard discusses the making of âThick Rich And Deliciousâ (MAGNETâs number-one album of the year), the possibility of touring again and the 44th GBV LP, due in the spring. âWe do what we wanna doâ:
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Best Of 2025: Reissues/Collections
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Best Of 2025: Singer/Songwriters
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Best Of 2025: Hip Hop
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Best Of 2025: Hard Rock
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Best Of 2025: Jazz/Improv
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Best Of 2025: Indie Roots
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MAGNET Exclusive: Future Clouds And Radar goes track by track on âBig Weatherâ (Star Apple Kingdom). âI left the mic up, set my alarm for 3:30 a.m. and sang it in a single take with my eyes shut. Then I went back to bed.â Check it out:
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Five Questions w/ Joshua Ackley (Dead Betties). âThese are dark times and artists have a responsibility right now. Art is a recordâitâs how future generations will understand what we went through. If you take your work seriously, this is the moment to over-createâ:
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Five Questions with Milo Aukerman (Descendents) (Org Music). âI remember tracking âSilly Girlâ and Bill Stevenson saying, âYou sound like Bobby Sherman,â whose music I hadnât heard. But I took it as a compliment anyway.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Tigers In Cairoâs covers of Jawbreakerâs âDo You Still Hate Me?â and Mission Of Burmaâs âThatâs How I Escaped My Certain Fate.â âWe hope you enjoy our take on these two classics.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: The Salt Collective goes track by track on âA Brief History Of Blindnessâ (
@nadasurf.bsky.social
@chris-stamey.bsky.social
@aimeemann.bsky.social
@millsish.bsky.social
). âItâs almost like the soundtrack to a movie that anyone can imagineâ:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/15/m...
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Live Review:
@radiohead.wastehq.social
at the Uber Arena, Berlin. âThey are generational talents and continue to plow a determinedly unique and independent musical furrow, far above the heads of the majority of their musical peers.â By
@coreydu.bsky.social
:
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The
@meccanormal.bsky.social
guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his bandâs 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Boys Life goes track by track on âOrdinary Warsâ (
@spartanrecords.bsky.social
). âYour ideas & feelings were the only thing someone couldnât take from you. Now they found a way to take those. America is a business & we all work for the companyâ:
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MAGNET Classics Podcast: For episode 18, longtime contributor Hobart Rowland gets the real story behind the making of Heatmiserâs âMic City Sonsâ (
@thirdmanrecords.bsky.social
,
@heatmiserarchive.bsky.social
,
@neilgust.bsky.social
,
@theecoomes.bsky.social
):
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Arlieâs âIs It Okay If I Love You.ââShe said it was the sweetest gift anyone has ever given herâthen she proceeded to drift further and further until she was out of my life. But at least this piece of music exists now.â Check it out:
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Five Questions with Adrian Perry (El Cortina) (
@declaredgoods.bsky.social
). âThe vision was to bring together early-â70s rock and pop/rock soundsâa Laurel Canyon vibe, w/ some edge. I was listening to Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne,
@lindaronstadtmusic.bsky.social
â:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Neil Soilandâs âAll The Things.â âWe noticed it needed something else. Iâd been working with (actress/model) Nemi Brooks on music and had a feeling sheâd be perfect. Since then, sheâs singing in my band, too.â Check it out:
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Five Questions with Jason Narducy (
@jasonnarducy.bsky.social
). âI wasnât sure if people would be interested in a book written by me ⊠I enjoy stories that describe uncomfortable or precarious situations. Musicians get in those situations from time to timeâ:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Twilarkâs âFoxheart.â âThe lyrics tie together the person I was as a teenager and the person I am today...Middle-period
@remhq.bsky.social
influenced me as a teenager. They also influenced elements in the production of this recordingâ:
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Essential New Music: Steve Gunnâs âDaylight Daylightâ (No Quarter). While Gunnâs LPs in the 2010s felt like they were leading up to some sort of apex, his recent efforts are more of a moment-by-moment effort to figure out where heâs at & where heâs going. Review:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/08/e...
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Abroniaâs âWeapons Against Progressâ (Cardinal Fuzz, Feeding Tube,
@abroniaband.bsky.social
). âThe toxins just build up and keep building up, and youâve got to spew it out somehow. Music is one way.â Check it out:
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5 Questions w/
@stevewynn.bsky.social
(
@dreamsyndicate.bsky.social
). âAlways been a fan of artistsâDylan,
@davidbowiereal.bsky.social
,
@neilyoungarchives.bsky.social
âwho changed radically from album to album. Far cooler than establishing a brand & holding stillâ:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/07/f...
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The
@meccanormal.bsky.social
guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his bandâs 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith:
www.magnetmagazine.com/category/dav...
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Five Questions with Magic Fig (
@eisrecords.bsky.social
). âOur mantra was, âWe will do anything to be playlisted and be liked by everyone. Oh, great Moloch, make us go viral.ââ Check it out:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/05/f...
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Headfooterâs âNever Enoughâ (
@minimumtablestacks.bsky.social
@headfooter.bsky.social
). âIâm happy to meet anyone in the ring who says this isnât our magnum opus. I want blood. I want teeth. I want âManimalâ back on TV.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Six Going On Sevenâs âKing Tideâ (Spartan). âItâs a tribute toâor a celebration ofâthe freedom extended to everyone in a very finite way. Low art in a city near you, youthful ideation, a kiss that lingers years on.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Bleed Electricâs âThis Is My Masterpieceâ video. âThis video isnât meant to reassure anyone. Itâs meant to confront, disrupt and disturbâa mirror held to a world desperate to look away.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Human Potentialâs âPractice Songs For The Unlovedâ (What Delicate). âI began messing around with a chord sequence that seemed to demand that it be anchored by an iconic Hal Blaine, âBe My Babyâ drum beat.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Los Frankiesâ âIâm On Drugs.â âI feel like this album ended up somewhere between the White Stripes and
@qotsa-official.bsky.social
.â Check it out:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/02/m...
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Chicago Farmerâs âPeshtigoâ (LoHi). âThirty-some years ago, I discovered Hank Williams and Nirvana on the same day. I remember thinking that someday I was going to combine those two sounds. This seemed like the perfect song to do soâ:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Nikita Levâs âKill Her Mind.â âItâs like your mind is working against you, replaying things over and over, and you just want it to shut off. The video is an invitation to bring more context and color to the song.â Check it out:
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Essential New Music: Pat Thomasâ âHikmahâ (Tao Forms,
@aum-fidelity.bsky.social
). ââHikmahâ is his 1st solo piano album to be released by an American label & itâs a doozy. Well-recorded & beautifully packaged, itâs a perfect way to get acquainted.â Read our review:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/01/e...
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The
@meccanormal.bsky.social
guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his bandâs 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith:
www.magnetmagazine.com/category/dav...
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Q&A with
@chrisdeville.bsky.social
, author of âSuch Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History Of The Indie Rock Explosionâ (St. Martin's Press,
@suchgreatheights.bsky.social
). âBrooklyn in the 2000s was like everyone's local sceneâ:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Five Questions w/ Brainwasher (
@mothland.bsky.social
). âThe world is moving so fast around us & it makes me feel like weâre moving in slow motion, even when we arenât in one place for very long. It reminds me to cherish these times, experiences & relationshipsâ:
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Happy Thanksgiving from Ray Davies and MAGNET! Itâs time to cap off the day with our cover-story Q&A with
@thekinksofficial.bsky.social
frontman done by Yo La Tengoâs Ira Kaplan (
@actualylt.bsky.social
):
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Happy Thanksgiving from Tofurky and MAGNET!
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MAGNET Exclusive: Jillian Jacqueline goes track by track on âMotherDaughterSisterWife.â âIt took me a long time to understand that just because you love someone, it doesnât mean you have to accept or tolerate the pain they cause.â Check it out:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/11/26/m...
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Five Questions with Katie Schecter (Soul Step). âI want to leave a meaningful body of work behind when Iâm one day not on this Earth. Thatâs why I do what I do.â Check it out:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Alexa Rose goes track by track on âAtmosphereâ (First City Artists). âI met a songwriter once who said that writing a song could make you feel like youâve had some kind of sayâor powerâin a situation thatâs totally out of your controlâ:
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Pete Fijâs âLoveâs Coming Backâ (Tip Top). âThe ghost of Leonard Cohen softly whispered, âGet off my street, sonny,â into my ear, so I thought it pertinent to take heed and rediscover my more upbeat side.â Check it out:
magnetmagazine.com/2025/11/24/m...
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The
@meccanormal.bsky.social
guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his bandâs 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith:
www.magnetmagazine.com/category/dav...
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