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: Imperial Teen goes track by track on “All Over You” (@mergerecords.bsky.social, @clarioncallmedia.bsky.social). “Doing what we do is a struggle—it’s a struggle that takes compassion & understanding and compromise & a constant flex of sincerity”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/09/m...

Q&A with Buddy Miller. “The title should come out of the record, whether it’s a lyric or something else—and nothing was. The more I’d sing the songs, the more I felt connected to them—even though most of them aren’t mine. I felt OK calling it ‘Buddy Miller’”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/09/a...

Five Questions with Henry James House (Pop Empire). “Music is nowhere near its culmination. It’s a human activity that’ll continue for tens of thousands of years. What we call innovation will be recognized as the continuation of tradition for those after us”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/08/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Emory Duncan’s “Spring Eternal.” “The eternal spring is everything that contains the infinite in the brevity of a second: life, death, youth, sex, ecstasy, love and rebirth.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/08/m...

Five Questions with Cor De Lux (@ipecac.com, @cordeluxband.bsky.social). “There are times I sit in the water when I surf, surrounded by nothing but water, air and nature, and I melt into that place.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/07/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Raymond J. Lustig’s “Corrientes 2500” (Respirano, @usthemgroup.bsky.social). “It imagines the loot-cluttered space, with a loop-based beat, a stash of stolen instruments: ukulele, accordion, surf guitar, synths.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/07/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Son Rompe Pera goes track by track on “Marimbazos De Oro” (@mixtorecords.bsky.social). “Those same rhythms that make us move our feet can also help us through our most difficult times.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/06/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Sleepwalk’s “Jan 22” (@mnrkheavy.bsky.social). “It’s a love letter to wintertime in Chicago, as well as a general celebration of life. It’s easy to focus on the bad things and miss the beauty.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/06/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Fraternal Twin goes track by track on “Halo Fell Forever” (@bighasslemedia.bsky.social). “Finding community in NYC after the isolation of the pandemic and putting music at the forefront of my life again has done wonders for my mental health”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/05/m...

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 Killer Kaya’s “Dune Buggy” (@sweetcheetahpr.bsky.social). “We wanted to capture the contrast between feeling isolated and feeling connected to something much bigger.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/02/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Weather Happy’s “Day Storm” (@easydoesitrecords.bsky.social). “My house felt like a friend protecting me from the contaminated dangers outside, offering routine and predictability. But those feelings shifted to feeling suffocated”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/02/m...

Q&A w/ Immersion’s Colin Newman & Malka Spigel (@immersionhq.bsky.social @swimhq.bsky.social @swimminginsound.bsky.social @malkaspigel.bsky.social). “We’re not sitting in the past and trying to live off it, which is kind of death. It’s like saying, ‘Take me now’”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/10/01/a...

Five Questions with Hollow Hand (Loose, Soundly). “I wish it was easier to get to where I want to be with music, but it’s always a struggle. If I cared less, then I’d probably put out a lot more music.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/30/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Marian Runk’s “Scorpion’s Nest” (@marianrunk.bsky.social). “Friends of mine have long and deep relationships with their grandparents. That was not the case for me, and I wanted to explore that.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/30/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: The Star Room Boys go track by track on “Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other’s Hearts?” (Strolling Bones). “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/2026/09/29/m...

Five Questions with Personal Trainer (@bellaunion.bsky.social, @charmschoolmedia.bsky.social). “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 zone. It felt fake”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/28/f...

Essential New Music: Finn Loxbo’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.” Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/28/e...

MAGNET Exclusive: Lisa Bouchelle goes track by track on "Vandals, Thieves & Lovers" (Trash Can Dreams). “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.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/28/m...

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: Ruthie Foster goes track by track on “Just Say Yes” (@sunrecords.bsky.social). “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/2026/09/25/m...

Five Questions w/ Arab Strap’s @aidanjohnmoffat.bsky.social (@rockactionrecords.scot @arabstrap.scot @inhousepress.bsky.social). “By keeping it personal & putting myself in the action, it avoids being too judgmental. I was always the worst character in the song”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/24/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Lost Grrrl Found’s “Time To Grow Up” (Final Girl). “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/2026/09/24/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Pamphlets’ “Spacesuits” (@lostfuturerecords.bsky.social @usthemgroup.bsky.social). “It expresses cocktail of emotions you get when you try to build a life with someone, but circumstances outside your control prevent you from doing so”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/23/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter’s “Last Resort Motor Inn” (Loonymusik). “It took me a solid 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/2026/09/23/m...

Five Questions with Antietam (Dromedary, @sugarblastmusic.bsky.social, @clarioncallmedia.bsky.social). “I feel some of my sharper edges softening with age while my focus is sharpening. I’ve gotten better at knowing what’s important and what’s not.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/22/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of the Living Pins’ “A And B” (Flak, @usthemgroup.bsky.social). “Saturday morning was possibly the best moment of the week—I especially liked ‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Josie And The Pussycats’ and ‘The Monkees.’” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/22/m...

Five Questions with Elanor Moss (@mergerecords.bsky.social, @pitchperfectpr.bsky.social). “We all have our darkness and mess, and maybe that means we’re more similar than dissimilar in some ways. We’re just trying our best with what we have.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/21/f...

Essential New Music: Peter Jefferies’ “The Day They Let You Out Is The Day They Might Not Let You Come Back” (Grapefruit). “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.” Review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/09/21/e...