MAGNET Exclusive: Full-LP premiere of the Lives Of Famous Men’s “End Times Elevator Music.” “What’s happening in the US & around the world is both overwhelming & profoundly sad. Music has helped me find meaning in a moment that feels completely nonsensical”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/22/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: George Usher goes track by track on “Stevensonville” (@georgeusher.bsky.social). “‘Stevensonville’ works on three levels. As pure entertainment, as a piece describing a particular place in a particular time and as a tribute to my father”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/22/m...

MAGNET Classics Podcast: We take a deep dive into LPs championed by mag, plus new releases from marquee MAGNET artists. For this (Instant) Classic, we get story behind the making of “Cat Out Of Hell,” the third album from “super band” Fantastic Cat (Missing Piece): magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/21/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Full-LP premiere of A View Of Earth From The Moon’s “Rolled Over Like A Wave.” “My dad picked my mom up every day on their way to their student-teaching assignments. They fell in love on those trips, imagining an entire life in front of them”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/21/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of International Druglords’ “Slut Crush.” “I’ve been fascinated by the heavy, blurred state between dreaming & waking—the place where you wish you didn’t have to open your eyes, but you’re already half-gone. This exists in that friction”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/21/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Rodeo Mouth’s “Pretty Sweet Deal.” “It’s simply about savoring the small victories in life, because sometimes that’s all we have.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/20/m...

Five Questions with Evil Twin (Werewolf Country). “I definitely got an appreciation for music and all kinds of art from my dad (Stephen Colbert). I learned about classic rock, but we also listened to things like Neutral Milk Hotel when I was a baby.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/20/f...

Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The @meccanormal.bsky.social guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 43-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith: www.magnetmagazine.com/category/dav...

Five Questions with Joe Pernice (New West). “I have 40 to 50 songs written and partially demoed. I’m literally working on three albums right now, not counting the one that's out. So there’s a lot more where that came from.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/17/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Mark Nelson goes track by track on @panamericanmusic.bsky.social’s “Fly The Ocean In A Silver Plane” (@krankyltd.bsky.social). “Midnight always comes, and eventually the final midnight also comes—that’s a big part of this record’s theme”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/17/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Stunt Drummer’s “Pool” video (Cavity Search). “The label said no to a caddy day at Bushwood, swimming lessons and a worldwide natural disaster. In the end, we improvised and made it all happen in Florida, which is already a disaster”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/17/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of the Chovies’ “Lili Taylor” And “See Myself Out” (@brendanmclaughlin.bsky.social). “Musically, I was inspired by my favorite songwriter, Paul Westerberg. The chorus has the ‘One Wink At A Time’ E in it.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/16/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Suneaters’ “Home” (Lotuspool). “It’s a tale of domestic isolation with a nod to psychopathic idiot Charlie Manson and his almost-good song, which we first heard as a Lemonheads cover.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/16/m...

Q&A with Joe Jackson (@earmusic.bsky.social). “I can’t be 24 years old, new & fashionable. That’s the one thing I can’t do better, but everything else I do way better. If I get to the point where I don’t have anything new I can get excited about, I’ll stop”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/15/a...

MAGNET Exclusive: Scout Gillett goes track by track on “Tough Touch” (Slouch). “I was filming a DIY video for my cover of Broadcast’s ‘Come On Let’s Go’ and fell off a 10-foot cliff and punctured my lung on a broken tree.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/15/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Emily Nenni’s “What Have I Done Wrong?” (New West). “We had 3 exceptional Memphis horn players come in. I loved watching them work. You could tell they’d been playing and arranging together for years, and they bickered like siblings”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/15/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Fulton Lights’ “Best World.” “I found that the (Best World) sign would momentarily challenge my tendency to focus on the future or the past. One day, it was painted over. I guess what I’m saying is: Be thankful for what you have”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/14/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Dumb Crush’s “Had It.” “I think it says a lot about how bad things are getting that the song came completely naturally as a very thinly veiled commentary on my own life.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/14/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Serafima And The Shakedowns’ “Shivers” (Bwgibwgan). “It’s a cloud-soaked rumination that finds the song’s lonely voice wondering, ‘Is there anyone out there?’” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/14/m...

Five Questions with Peter Jesperson (Medium Cool, Twin/Tone). “When Slim Dunlap joined the Replacements, he lifted up Paul Westerberg’s ideas in a wonderful way. He brought nuance and musicality to the band that hadn’t been there before.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/13/f...

Essential New Music: Tetsu Mineta & Ayal Senior’s “Lost Hotel” (@medusaeditions.bsky.social). “They conjure a mildly hallucinatory blues vibe that’s one part jet lag, another part heat, but mostly the sound of two men jointly staving off heavy-liddedness.” Review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/13/e...

Every week, MAGNET posts a new illustration by David Lester on our website. The @meccanormal.bsky.social guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 43-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith: www.magnetmagazine.com/category/dav...

Five Questions with Scott McCaughey, who also goes track by track on Young Fresh Fellows’ “Loft” (Yep Roc). “I’m kind of tired of using the stroke as an excuse. I mean, I’m still making a ton of music, so what do I have to complain about? Nothing!” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/10/f...

Five Questions with Boy Golden (Six Shooter). “Culturally, there’s a bit of a wall between the U.S. and Canada. That’s less true these days with social media, but it’s still broadly true.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/10/f...

Five Questions with deathcrash (Untitled). “Slowcore as a genre has had a proper revival in the time that we’ve been a band. None of us saw that coming, but clearly everyone else was digging through those albums at the same time we were.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/09/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Connor Daly’s “Like A River.” “It’s one of those songs where less just felt right. I think that matters in songs like this, where the story is just as important as the feel.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/09/m...

Five Questions with Cub (Mint). “We didn’t feel cuddlecore spoke to the complete scope of what we were up to by the time of ‘Come Out Come Out.’ Even though we used it, I don’t think we were ever quite as thoroughly twee and one-dimensional as the term suggests”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/08/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of My Wife’s An Angel’s “Lil’ Bug” (@knifehitsrecords.bsky.social, @grimgrimgrim666.bsky.social, Broken Cycle) “It’s about having to work more for something that’s worth less, while everything becomes more expensive.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/08/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Lukka’s “Tomboi” video. “It’s about exploring your feminine and masculine side—and about self-love. It’s a celebration of my Gemini energy, leaning into that duality and just owning it.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/07/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: CVCHE goes track by track on “Get Fluffy.” “Someone asked what genre the music was. We made one up: rural Canadian techno. We hid in the woods with a bunch of synths, ate good food, drank good wine and made music that made us feel good”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/07/m...