Real Music Alternatives Established 1993
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#MAGNETExclusive: @LisaBouchelle goes track by track on "Vandals, Thieves & Lovers" (@MissingPieceGrp). “I chase down and live my dreams with a lot of tenacity and vigor. But some days aren’t as easy as others. Sometimes it’s just about showing up”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by @LesterMecca of @MeccaNormal with text by vocalist #JeanSmith: magnetmagazine.com/category/…
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#MAGNETExclusive: @RuthieFoster goes track by track on “Just Say Yes” (@sunrecords). “You don’t always have to know exactly where something is going to lead. Sometimes you simply have to answer the door.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#FiveQuestions with @ArabStrapBand’s @AidanJohnMoffat (@rockactionrecs, @IHPManchester). “By keeping it personal and putting myself in the action, it avoids being too judgmental. I was always the worst character in the song.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #LostGrrrlFound’s “Time To Grow Up” (@finalgirlrecs, @TAYFPR). “It draws a lot from the early riot grrrls, who were mostly self-taught musicians figuring out their guitars in their early shows and recordings.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Pamphlets’ “Spacesuits” (#LostFuture, @usthemgroup). “It expresses that cocktail of emotions you get when you try to build a life with someone, but circumstances outside your control prevent you from doing so.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of @SaraMilonovich & #Daisycutter’s “Last Resort Motor Inn” (#Loonymusik). “It took me 10 minutes of unpacking to realize she thought I was a fellow prostitute. In her view, nobody would stay at that hotel for any other reason”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#FiveQuestions with @Antietamnyc (@sugarblastmusic). “I feel some of my sharper edges softening with age while my focus is sharpening. I’ve learned a lot in just the last decade. I’ve gotten better at knowing what’s important and what’s not.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #theLivingPins’ “A And B” (#Flak, @livingpins, @usthemgroup). “Saturday morning was possibly the best moment of the week—I especially liked ‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Josie And The Pussycats’ and ‘@TheMonkees.’” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#FiveQuestions with @elanor_moss (@mergerecords, @pitchperfectpr). “We all have our darkness and mess, and maybe that means we’re more similar than dissimilar in some ways. Often we’re just trying our best with what we have.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#EssentialNewMusic: #PeterJefferies’ “The Day They Let You Out Is The Day...” (@GrapefruitRecs). “Software and AI be damned, he’s putting his trust in well-tried practices. You think the world’s OK? Here, he’ll draw you a picture.” Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by @LesterMecca of @MeccaNormal with text by vocalist #JeanSmith: magnetmagazine.com/category/…
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#MAGNETExclusive: #WesleyStace goes track by track on “One Last Heist” (@pravdarecords). “Metaphor? Reality? Is it a story? Is it my last record? It doesn’t matter.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#FiveQuestions with #CabaretVoltaire’s #StephenMallinder (@MuteUK, @StephenMal). “I don’t want to do that whole thing of playing these tracks ad infinitum. I don’t want to flog that to death & lose its meaning & be disrespectful to the legacy of the band”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Full-LP premiere of #theVanPelt’s “Remain Obscure” (@ejrc). “A call to arms for all the sleeper cells of dreamers who’ve been dispersed and compromised by life, but whose inner flames can’t be doused.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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Q&A with @johnvanderslice. “We started going to sex clubs—and I never in a million years thought I’d be going to a sex club. Even though I’m a social libertarian and I’m like, ‘Do whatever you want,’ I just never thought that would be part of my life”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#FiveQuestions with @Mia_Doi_Todd (#CityZen, @clandestinenyc). “After one of the performances with #André3000, I felt like I’d achieved my human potential as a singer. That silenced my doubts about myself being a jazz improviser. I was not an imposter”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#BasementVapes: #MitchMyers, MAGNET’s own Hebrew school dropout (blame @TheMonkees), finally gives his Torah speech—with accompaniment from guitarist #GaryLucas (@lucasgary): magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #theHumanHearts’ “Still In Error” video (#Dromedary, @sugarblastmusic, @humanfranklin). “I’m not ashamed to say I hoped we’d end up in the neighborhood of #YoLaTengo, #theClean and early @stereolabgroop.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #JackBarksdale’s “Battleground” (@JackBarksdaleTX, @Fionabloom). “It’s about how we as a society let people and companies with lots of money, power and influence get away with things that we’d otherwise be very wary of”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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