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The Kinks Released “Face To Face” 60 Years Ago Today

14 days ago

Magnet Magazine — 60 years ago today, the Kinks released Face To Face. You know you can’t escape the past. Pixies, Spoon, Neko Case, Okkervil River, of Montreal, Robyn Hitchcock, Rhett Miller, the Apples In Stereo, the Wrens, Mac McCaughan, the Mekons and more pick ... more info

Happy 80th Birthday John Prine, R.I.P.

32 days ago

Magnet Magazine — Happy 80th birthday John Prine. R.I.P. All the best. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Wesley Stace in MAGNET on Prine, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Rosanne Cash, GOAT, the Mekons, Parquet Courts and more: The post Happy 80th Birthday John Prine, R.I.P.... more info

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Happy Birthday Kirsty MacColl

32 days ago

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Kirsty MacColl. Woman of steel. Read Wesley Stace in MAGNET on MacColl, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Rosanne Cash, GOAT, the Mekons, Parquet Courts and more: The post Happy Birthday Kirsty MacColl appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

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Essential New Music: Mekons’ “Horrorble (Mekons Vs Tony Maimone In Dub Conference)”

163 days ago

Magnet Magazine — To say that history looms over Horror is just another way of saying that it’s a Mekons record. The globally scattered collective, which originally convened in Leeds, England, in the late 1970s, has long drawn lines connecting the warmongers of our ... more info

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “Life Is Scary Horses”

253 days ago

Stereogum — OK, here’s the backstory on “Life Is Scary Horses,” the final advance single from Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s We Are Together Again. On their 2000 album Songs Of False Hope And High Values, Mekons members Sally Timms and Jon Langford included... more info

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Happy Birthday Pete Quaife (Kinks)

315 days ago

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Pete Quaife (Kinks). The Kinks played their first live show on Pete’s 20th birthday. Pixies, Spoon, Neko Case, Okkervil River, of Montreal, Robyn Hitchcock, Rhett Miller, the Apples In Stereo, the Wrens, Mac McCaughan, the Mekons and... more info

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The Kinks Released “The Kink Kontroversy” 60 Years Ago Today

350 days ago

Magnet Magazine — 60 years ago today, the Kinks released The Kink Kontroversy. Feel good from morning till the end of the day. Pixies, Spoon, Neko Case, Okkervil River, of Montreal, Robyn Hitchcock, Rhett Miller, the Apples In Stereo, the Wrens, Mac McCaughan, the Mek... more info

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The Kinks Released “Schoolboys In Disgrace” 50 Years Ago Today

359 days ago

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, the Kinks released Schoolboys In Disgrace. No more looking back. Pixies, Spoon, Neko Case, Okkervil River, of Montreal, Robyn Hitchcock, Rhett Miller, the Apples In Stereo, the Wrens, Mac McCaughan, the Mekons and more pick their ... more info

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Happy Birthday John Prine

397 days ago

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday John Prine. All the best. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Wesley Stace in MAGNET on Prine, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Rosanne Cash, GOAT, the Mekons, Parquet Courts and more: The post Happy Birthday John Prine appeared first on Magnet... more info

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