MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Brother Bird’s “Pariah” (Easy Does It). “It’s like the kid who isn’t welcome at the popular table, but then realizes the popular table actually totally sucks.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/16/m...
MAGNET Exclusive: Full-LP premiere of BendreTheGiant’s “Swollen Eyes” (Tender Loving Empire). “This is a record about loss, picking up the pieces in the aftermath and sticking around for another year to see what happens.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/12/m...
AGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Okay Lindon’s “Pinto Vs. Pinto” video (Lost In Ohio). “With 15 years apart and many miles between us, we built the idea of this reunion record around the goal of recording one song to completion once a month.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/16/m...
Essential New Music: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s “Happy Today” (@intlanthem.bsky.social, @nonesuch.com). There’s a web of connection between these four players that feeds a musical tap that seems inexhaustible. Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/14/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...
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Elephant Stone’s “Fascists Killed Yer Rock ‘N’ Roll” (@littlecloudrecords.bsky.social, @elephantstonehq.bsky.social). “It’s about giving the threat a name. It’s a reminder that we’ve seen this script before ... and overcome it before”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/15/m...
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Wesley Stace’s “One Last Heist” (@pravdarecords.bandcamp.com). “There’s no reason why my songs shouldn’t swing like I want them to, despite all their words. Esther Phillips doing Gilbert O’Sullivan … Johnny Hammond doing Cat Stevens”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/16/m...
MAGNET Classics Podcast: We take a deep dive into the influential albums championed by the magazine. For the latest MAGNET Classics episode, we get the real story behind @petedroge.bsky.social’s acclaimed 1994 debut, “Necktie Second”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/12/m...
“LOUD: The Art Of Robert Pollard” temporarily dissolves the line dividing art show from live gig. By Matthew Cutter. Photos by Tim Bugbee (@tinnitusphoto.bsky.social): magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/16/c...
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Glenn Morrow’s Cry For Help’s “Sweater Weather” (@barnonerecords.bsky.social). “The narrator of the song is perhaps a bit too trusting in his love for the machines that are taking care of him.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/15/m...
