Real Music Alternatives Established 1993
Philadelphia
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#MAGNETExclusive: #TheStarRoomBoys go track by track on “Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other’s Hearts?” (@strollingbones_). “I guess I can be excused for these lyrics because I was, like, 26 and drunk as hell all the time.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#FiveQuestions w/ #PersonalTrainer (@bellaunion @prsnl_trnr @CharmSchoolM). “I grew into this over-the-top role of being a chubby guy throwing himself around the stage & getting into this embarrassment-free, not-too-heady-or-conscious zone. It felt fake”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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#EssentialNewMusic: #FinnLoxbo’s “Lummernikt” (#Fönstret). “Each of the eight tracks comprises streams of perfectly formed notes that seem to tumble, pause, then fall some more. Within that very particular approach, there’s a lot of variety.” Our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/2…
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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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#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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#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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#LiveReview: Mike D 5D at the #KnockdownCenter (@beastieboys). “#MikeD is a changed man from back in his fight-for-your-right-to-party days, but he’s definitely not going gentle into that good night.” By @coreydu: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #HolyPinto’s “Us, Against The World” (@TAYFPR). “I always loved a lot of the piano stuff #ElliottSmith wrote and recorded, and I feel like it influenced the kind of stuff I write and play on piano.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/1…
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Q&A with #VelocityGirl (@SlumberlandRecs). “We had members of @thelindalindas come to one of our reunion shows. Their father had played Velocity Girl for them when they were little kids. I was more starstruck than they were.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/0…
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#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #PietaBrown (featuring @amoslee)’s “Drinkin’ Side” video (@righteous_babes, @pieta_music). “The connection that happens in the mingling of emotions in the vocals gets translated in the moving imagery.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/0…
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