Happy birthday Elliott Smith. Heaven adores you. The above photo is a mural that was at Sunset Boulevard and Parkman Avenue in Los Angeles featuring Elliott, Beck, Jackson Browne and Silversun Pickups. The Elliott image is from MAGNET (see photo belo... more info

60 years ago today, the Beatles released Help!, their fifth album and the soundtrack to their second movie. We do appreciate you being ’round. Read our Vintage Movies review of the film: The post The Beatles Released “Help!” 60 Years Ago Today ... more info

Happy birthday Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys). And many happy rebirths. Read our Beastie Boys Over/Under: The post Happy Birthday Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

40 years ago today, the Pogues released Rum Sodomy & The Lash. The sounds of long ago. Read our review from the final Pogues tour: The post The Pogues Released “Rum Sodomy & The Lash” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Happy birthday Matthew Caws (Nada Surf). Always love. Cover photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov. Listen to our MAGNET Classics Podcast to get the real story behind the making of Nada Surf’s Let Go: The post Happy Birthday Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) appe... more info

50 years ago today, the Runaways formed. Born to be bad. Read Joan Jett’s MAGNET cover interview with Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace: The post The Runaways Formed 45 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Happy birthday Pat Smear (Foo Fighters, Germs, Nirvana). So we fell in love with a musician … Photo for MAGNET by Evan Albuck. Read our review of 2017’s essential Foo Fighters album: The post Happy Birthday Pat Smear (Foo Fighters, Germs, Nirvan... more info

Happy birthday President Obama. Artists you love who’ve been on the cover of MAGNET: the Black Keys, the National, Okkervil River, Jeff Tweedy, Kurt Vile, Waxahatchee and Lucy Dacus (who seems to consider you a war criminal). Read Obama press secre... more info

Happy birthday Louis Armstrong. You made the world more wonderful. Read Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Baseball Project) in MAGNET on the Louis Armstrong House: The post Happy Birthday Louis Armstrong appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Happy birthday Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds, Echo & The Bunnymen, Coral). Pure and simple. Read our 120 Reasons To Live on the Lightning Seeds: The post Happy Birthday Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds, Echo & The Bunnymen, Coral) appeared first on Magnet... more info