Magnet Magazine — Happy 80th birthday Ray Davies (Kinks). Thank you for the days. Cover photo for MAGNET by Christian Lantry. Read our cover Q&A with Davies by Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan:
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Magnet Magazine — 20 years ago today, Wilco released A Ghost Is Born. Still gonna turn you on. Read our Wilco live review from 2019:
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Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, the Beta Band released its self-titled debut album. It’s not too beautiful. Read our feature on post-Beta band the Aliens:
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Magnet Magazine — 20 years ago today, Badly Drawn Boy released One Plus One Is One. Much greater than the sum of the past. Check out the awesome mix tape Damon Gough made us that year:
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Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, the Chemical Brothers released Surrender. Jonathan Donahue! Noel Gallagher! Bobby Gillespie! Hope Sandoval! Bernard Sumner! Read our review of the Che... more info
Magnet Magazine — 20 years ago today, Dungen released Ta Det Lugnt. What you think today you’ll be tomorrow. Read our review of Dungen’s essential 2017 album:
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Stereogum —
Ariana Grande released her new album
Eternal Sunshine
earlier this year. A couple of weeks ago, the pop star unveiled the music video for “the boy is mine.” It f... more info
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Earlier this year, GloRilla released the Ehhthang Ehhthang mixtape. The track “Wanna Be” featured Megan Thee Stallion, and Cardi B later hopped on a remix. Today, ... more info
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Last month, Gracie Abrams announced The Secret Of Us, the follow-up to her debut, Good Riddance, that came out last year. She shared singles “Risk” and “Close To... more info
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It’s happening. A highlight of Charli XCX’s new album
Brat
is the conflicted banger “Girl, so confusing,” which seems to be about Lorde. Now, she’s unveili... more info
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Lana Del Rey’s concert at Boston’s Fenway Park tonight was nearly rescheduled due to tumultuous weather. Luckily, the pop singer took the stage around 10:30PM or s... more info
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A couple of weeks ago, SBTRKT shared the song “BET YOU NEVER.” Today, the British producer born Aaron Jerome is back with another new tune called “VOLCA.” more info
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Last week, Alison Moyet announced her new album Key to celebrate 40 years since she launched her solo career. The former member of Yazoo (aka Yaz in the States) releas... more info
Obscure Sound — A beautifully unfolding new single from Colourshop, “Florence” engages with its vivid lyricism and thematic emphasis on beauty’s intrinsic, rather than utilitarian,... more info
Obscure Sound — Manchester-based duo Barely Strangers enamor on their new track “Mess Around,” strutting a yearning vocal drive alongside a melodic sound that bridges ’80s jangly n... more info
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A few years ago, James Murphy (better known as LCD Soundsystem) heard Mermaid Chunky playing through the speakers of a café in Brooklyn. He invited them to open for h... more info
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In 2021, Self Esteem released Prioritise Pleasure, which was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Since then, the British musician born Rebecca Lucy Taylor made her US TV de... more info
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Coldplay are releasing their 10th album, the Max-Martin-produced Moon Music, in October, but the rollout has been underway for a minute now. The band began teasing new... more info
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It’s hard being Dave Davies. The Kinks member had to ask Elon Musk to stop putting warnings on all of the band’s tweets last year. Today, he was disappointed to se... more info