#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Bristler’s “Crapshoot” (@mint400records). “Anyone who’s been broke and sweating in the dead of summer in Wisconsin hoping at least 20 people will be at the next venue will know precisely what I mean.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/10/mag…
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#EssentialNewMusic: #JamesBrandonLewis / #RedLily’s “Calling Antonín” (#TaoForms, @aumfidelity, @JBLEWIS1983). “Revised and newly purposed, Red Lily remains one of the best jazz bands of our moment.” Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/09/ess…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #BrotherDege’s “Transportation Command” (#GolarWashLabs, @BrotherDege). “Considering the circumstances of Dege’s untimely death, the song now carries a deeper, prophetic and dual meaning: life and death.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/09/mag…
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by @LesterMecca of @MeccaNormal with text by vocalist #JeanSmith: magnetmagazine.com/category/david…
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Q&A with #Thao (@killrockstars, @CharmSchoolM, @thaogetstaydown). “There was fear of professional backlash for being out—you could find that you were holding back your truest parts so you’d have a shot at building the career you wanted.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/06/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of @thecourettes’ “Killer Kiss” video (@wickedcool_nyc, @earshotmedia). “It’s dreamy, with faded memories. So jump on for a night ride—and never mind the lipstick mark on your record player.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/06/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Full-LP premiere of the Deathray Davies’ “Lampshade Earthquake Microphone” (#HavingFun, #WeAreBusyBodies). “It represents everything I want #theDeathrayDavies to be: ’60s influences, found sounds, pop hooks, lyrics about reinvention”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/05/mag…
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of #Concussa’s “Tabula Rasa” (featuring #WhiteCliffs). “The song is an anger fantasy about indulging in a nihilistic spiral into global oblivion.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/05/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #TheHails go track by track on “Duckpond” (@ONErpm, @the_hails). “It may seem like this album wants to shake its fist at the world. But really, it wants to find beauty and levity in unlikely places.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/05/mag…
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Q&A with #MattPond (@thesonderhouse, @mattpondpa, @sirenscallpr). “I love the stream of consciousness and repetition of my style of songwriting because that’s where I’ve learned how to sift through my thoughts and find truths.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/04/a-c…
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MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of #ImaginaryPeople’s “All The Glitter” (@Imagpeoplenyc). “There’s no telling the amplitude of certain death, but the gesture to imagine is all you have when the end comes.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/04/mag…
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#FiveQuestions w/ #LeonMajcen (#Cloverdale, @leonmajcen). “I said yes to every opportunity that came my way these past four years, and I don’t regret it. But saying yes to everything isn’t exactly the spitting definition of living life on your own terms”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/03/fiv…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Bleu’s “This Song Won’t Sell” video (#Miracle, @LicoricePizzaLP, @bleutopia). “This is my ode to all the other songwriters who have to wrestle with art versus commerce.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/03/mag…
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#EssentialNewMusic: #OrenAmbarchi’s “Cooked” (@dragcityrecords, @orenambarchi). “It hits you 10 minutes in that you’ve been hearing his personal take on the evolution of @milesdavis’ 1970s electric sound.” Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/02/ess…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #TwoDarkBirds’ “The Song To End It All” video (#Vfib, @TeamClermont). “It’s a hazy, dreamlike interpretation featuring your average American primate as the central figure taking you through his day. Make America Ape Again?”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/11/02/mag…
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by @LesterMecca of @MeccaNormal with text by vocalist #JeanSmith: magnetmagazine.com/category/david…
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Q&A with #RichardThompson (@newwestrecords, @RthompsonMusic). “People seem to like ‘I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight.’ They say, ‘That’s your best record.’ Oh, thanks a lot. What about the last three?” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/30/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of @kramies’ “We’re All Dead” (@TeamClermont). “It’s a happy reminder that the only thing that matters and that people remember is the kindness you gave and the kindness you received. Other than that, we’re all dead”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/30/mag…
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#FiveQuestions w/ #theJetBlackBerries (@propeller_sound @BabyRobotMedia). “Revisiting this record 40 years later is great. Hopefully, the ideas will reach new ears, taking people on our cinematic journey through space, time, zombies and western lands”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/29/fiv…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #MikoMarks’ “It’s Alright” (@RedtoneRecords). “I was going through a time of transition and big change. I found myself learning how to navigate life on my own, and there are moments when I question where my path will lead”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/29/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #GrahamHill’s “Monster In My Head” (@LuckyBirdMedia). “I have an active mind & sometimes obsessive tendency to overthink. Especially when there are unresolved or uncertain things playing out in my current day-to-day reality”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/29/mag…
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Q&A with #HeavensToBetsy’s #CorinTucker and #TracySawyer (@killrockstars, @CharmSchoolM). “It is heartbreaking to me how relevant these songs full of outrage are to the present moment.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/28/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #DaveyHarris’ “The Legend Of Satoshi Nakamoto” (@TheTinsMusic @bighasslemedia). “Crypto is a weird universe filled w/ many perspectives, much skepticism and loads of conspiracies. Why not write an indie-rock anthem about it?”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/28/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #AngieGoeke’s “My Next Murder” (@angiegoeke). “Part true-crime obsession, part self-preservation, part tongue-in-cheek warning to the creeps of the world.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/28/mag…
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Q&A with #MaryGauthier (@MusicSoundly, @AllEyesMedia). “Is the song going to hold the audience? Is it good enough? Is it written in a way that creates emotional impact—that makes people have an experience they’re going to value and come back next time?”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/27/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Mutlu’s “You Remain.” “It’s a song about grief—about how you carry that feeling of loss with you every single day. That absence stays with you.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/27/mag…
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Q&A with #RogerClarkMiller (#MissionOfBurma, @BurmaBoston, @DonGiovanniRecs). “I don’t know what psychedelia means. What does punk rock even mean? Or goth? What does any of that shit mean?” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/26/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #BrotherBird goes track by track on “The Lodge In Miller County” (#EasyDoesIt, @TAYFPR, @brotherbird_). “There’s so much of myself woven into these characters, songs and their stories.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/26/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #JoshRouse goes track by track on “Museums And Women” (@newwestrecords, @iamjoshrouse). “I’ve toured solo for half my career. I found myself writing more like an observer, turning passing strangers into small, cinematic portraits”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/26/mag…
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by @LesterMecca of @MeccaNormal with text by vocalist #JeanSmith: magnetmagazine.com/category/david…
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#FiveQuestions w/ #FreddyTrujillo (#RichmondFontaine, @TheDelines). “I’m glad I got my attitude better and drink less. I’m proud that I haven’t completely fallen apart, but I’ve come close. I think songwriting and music are my ways of giving myself hope”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/23/fiv…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Full-LP premiere of @HectorGannet’s “The Great Shakedown” (#Guga, @noredindian, @Wipeout_Music). “It’s a middle finger to all the worries, the hardships, the injustices. We can sing and rejoice in the things that can’t be bought or sold”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/23/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #TimeBeing’s “Framer” (@killertofurecs). “The song is kind of self-defeating now, since it all turned out, and now I have no idea what to make of it.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/23/mag…
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Q&A with @SLOTHRUST’s #LeahWellbaum (@equalvision, @eatingthecrow). “Our goal has always been to create diverse work that tells a story, even though we know certain songs will split the room.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/22/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Full-LP premiere of #theEffigies’ “Fire. Aim. Ready.” (@pravdarecords). “Any illusions of us coming back from our current political and cultural predicament are gone. The empire is dying. Good riddance.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/22/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Full-LP premiere of #theLovedOnes’ “Latest Hits!” (@SofaBurnRecords, #Lovemonk). “That’s really us in a nutshell: mods who’ll play your backyard Texas barbecue.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/22/mag…
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Q&A w/ #ElliottSmith biographer #JamieFisher (@DuttonBooks). On 23rd anniv of Smith’s death, MAGNET’s @coreydu speaks to Fisher about her encounters w/ Smith’s family and friends and, best of all, her focus on Smith’s true love and life’s obsession: music: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/21/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Dazies’ “Still Life” (@killphonicmusic @daziestheband @TAYFPR). “I wanted to empathize with their feelings. I imagined it wouldn’t feel much different than any other relationship. But at the end of the day, it’s artificial”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/21/mag…
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#EssentialNewMusic: #JulesReidy’s “Clerestory” (@thrilljockey). “The Berlin-based composer/guitarist translates this sensory-spiritual effect to sound, providing a musical approximation of cascading light beams.” Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/20/ess…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Deathdotgov’s “Laces (Redux)” (#LostFuture, @deathdotgov, @usthemgroup). “It’s a personal song. It seemed like the right call to choose it for an acoustic rendition. Expanding on it in this format felt therapeutic for us”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/20/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #PointBreak2’s “Haunted Car.” “I originally thought the tune would be a small, quiet interstitial about finding some optimism and keeping a sense of humor and grace in the face of, well, everything these days.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/19/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #DarnKelly goes track by track on “Waffle Houseboat” (@twntythreemusic). “This is the story of the first time I got high on weed and became convinced I was possessed in my best friend’s ancient house.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/19/mag…
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by @LesterMecca of @MeccaNormal with text by vocalist #JeanSmith: magnetmagazine.com/category/david…
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#FiveQuestions with #LoveRiot. “The ’90s Love Riot wouldn’t write songs about climate change or wade into political territory. It was relationship songs. This new album picks up where we left off in such a beautiful way.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/16/fiv…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #DeepGlens goes track by track on “Carver” (@twntythreemusic). “It reminds me of that strange, hollow feeling of being the last kid awake at a sleepover. All your friends are sleep, and you’re watching ‘Point Break’ or ‘Total Recall’”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/16/mag…
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#FiveQuestions with #Bodega (@ChrysalisRecs). “Today, too much art rock is too one-dimensional and humorless. Poetry without humor is false.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/15/fiv…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #NourallahBrothers’ “Reunion Time” video (#Happiness). “After some beers and an ocean of tears, I wrote this song. I no longer cared to understand the hearts of the disloyal.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/15/mag…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #DiverThrough’s “It's The Sky” (#Subluna, @diverthrough, @TeamClermont). “The title comes from an article I read about the phenomenon of increased clear-air turbulence, which is a result of climate change.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/15/mag…
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Q&A with #theFrogs’ @JimmyFlemion (@foreignleisure, @reybee). “We’ve always been outsiders. Our attitude, how we felt when we took the stage, our choices, the thoughts behind the songs and the subject matter—all that plays into it. We were different”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/14/a-c…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #OuterWorld goes track by track on “Home” (@CourtesyDesk, @K_recs, @outerworldband, @sirenscallpr). “Ditch the to-do list, list what you’ve done, and take a minute to appreciate your accomplishments.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/14/mag…
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#FiveQuestions with #Palace (@AWAL, @WeArePalace, @bighasslemedia). “@TheBandOfficial were our number one influence for ‘Ox.’ We went down giant wormholes these past 2 years on them. We’ve read & shared almost every book on them and devoured their music”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/13/fiv…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #Kiefer goes track by track on “Memory Bomb” (@bluenoterecords @MissingPieceGrp). “I make music for weeks on end. One day I looked in the mirror, my facial hair was overgrown & I was moving through something heavy. The music was intense”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/13/mag…
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@westsidecowboyy (@IslandRecords) and #StarMoles (@DeadOceans) at @FillmorePhilly. “Musically, they made for strange bedfellows, but the evening had the exciting vibe of an insider’s showcase of on-the-verge artists on their way to larger acclaim”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/11/liv…
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