Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac). Electric gypsy. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), during which he talks about his all-time favorite song, t... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Jeff Lynne (ELO). The sun will shine on you. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) discussing the album that changed his life, ELO’s A New World Record, and read our Jeff Lynne’s ELO live review from 2024... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday marked 55 years since the birth of Elliott Smith. To celebrate the late, great singer-songwriter, a bunch of musicians threw a tribute concert last night at the Regent in LA, a benefit for Smith’s former recording studio New Monkey Stu... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Beck. And thanks for releasing Modern Guilt 16 years ago today as well. You’re still where it’s at. Read Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) in MAGNET on Beck: The post Happy Birthday Beck appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — 45 years ago today, Electric Light Orchestra released Discovery. You got us running, going out of our minds. Read Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Robert Schneider (Apples In Stereo) in MAGNET on Jeff Lynne: The post Electric Light Orchestra Released “D... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 94th birthday Clint Eastwood. Everyone knows you directed Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Flags Of Our Fathers, Changeling, Hereafter and J. Edgar, but most have no idea you composed the scores for them as well. Read Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 15 years ago today, Jason Lytle released debut album Yours Truly, The Commuter. A brand new sun. Read our Q&A with Jason from that year, and watch our MAGNET television episode with the Grandaddy frontman as well: The post Jason Lytle Released Debut ... more info

Stereogum — When Jason Lytle of Grandaddy turns on his Zoom camera, he’s predictably perched outside, a cloudless blue California sky behind him, a palm tree in the distance. I off-handedly comment that it’s very bright. “I can darken things down,” Ly... more info

Stereogum — Early next year, Jason Lytle’s long-running psychedelic pop project Grandaddy will release the new LP Blu Wav, their first since 2017’s Last Place. We’ve already posted first single “Watercooler,” and now Grandaddy has also dropped anoth... more info

Stereogum — Last year, the reunited late-'90s early-'00s indie rockers Grandaddy released Last Place, their first album in 11 years. And today, they're back with "Bison On The Plains," their first new music since then. It's a lovely, searching song that frontman... more info