Magnet Magazine https://magnetmagazine.com/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:02:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://magnetmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-MagnetIcon-32x32.jpg Magnet Magazine https://magnetmagazine.com/ 32 32 Essential New Music: Liudas Mockūnas / Samuel Blaser / Marc Ducret’s “Twisted Summer” https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/essential-new-music-liudas-mockunas-samuel-blaser-marc-ducrets-twisted-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=essential-new-music-liudas-mockunas-samuel-blaser-marc-ducrets-twisted-summer Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=348669 With its images of yachts, socialites in sun hats and musicians performing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, the 1959 film Jazz On A Summer’s Day framed music as one element of the mid-20th-century good life. But the tune that played through its opening credits insinuated some quiet radicalism into the lifestyle boosterism. The Jimmy […]

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]]> MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Sarah Aili’s “Stars Fell On Alabama” Video https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/magnet-exclusive-premiere-of-sarah-ailis-stars-fell-on-alabama-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnet-exclusive-premiere-of-sarah-ailis-stars-fell-on-alabama-video Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:15:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=348662 Sarah Aili’s All Of Me (JACKACAB) is one of those increasingly rare occasions in jazz when best intentions, properly administered technology, flawless performances and the feel of a room coalesce into something that evokes a particular era in a way that’s devoid of nostalgia. Tracked live over two days at Nashville’s Pentavarit Studios by Aili’s […]

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]]> The MC5 Released Second And Final Album “High Time” 55 Years Ago Today https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/the-mc5-released-second-and-final-album-high-time-55-years-ago-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mc5-released-second-and-final-album-high-time-55-years-ago-today Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=266687 55 years ago today, the MC5 released second and final album High Time. Gotta keep movin’. Read our celebration of the MC5 in the year 2024:

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]]> Happy Birthday James McNew (Yo La Tengo, Dump) https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/happy-birthday-james-mcnew-yo-la-tengo-dump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-james-mcnew-yo-la-tengo-dump Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=266680 Happy birthday James McNew (Yo La Tengo, Dump). A grown-ass man. Photo for MAGNET by Christian Lantry. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of YLT’s Painful:

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]]> TV On The Radio Released “Return To Cookie Mountain” 20 Years Ago Today https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/tv-on-the-radio-released-return-to-cookie-mountain-20-years-ago-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tv-on-the-radio-released-return-to-cookie-mountain-20-years-ago-today Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=266684 20 years ago today, TV On The Radio released Return To Cookie Mountain. Blues from down there. Read our TVOTR feature from that year:

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]]> Happy Birthday Bill Haley https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/happy-birthday-bill-haley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-bill-haley Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000 http://magnetmagazine.com/?p=244789 Happy birthday Bill Haley. You rocked—and drank—around the clock.

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]]> Diana Ross Released “Surrender” 55 Years Ago Today https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/diana-ross-released-surrender-55-years-ago-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diana-ross-released-surrender-55-years-ago-today Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=266690 55 years ago today, Diana Ross released Surrender. We remember you.

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]]> Happy Birthday Robbie Robertson (The Band) https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/05/happy-birthday-robbie-robertson-band/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-robbie-robertson-band Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 http://magnetmagazine.com/?p=212799 Happy birthday Robbie Robertson (the Band). The bells will be ringing, and the people will be singing. Read our review of the Band’s essential The Capitol Albums: 1968-1977 collection:

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]]> Happy Birthday RZA (Wu-Tang Clan) https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/05/happy-birthday-rza-wu-tang-clan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-rza-wu-tang-clan Sun, 05 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000 http://magnetmagazine.com/?p=230761 Happy birthday RZA (Wu-Tang Clan). Birth of a prince. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Wu-Tang Clan live in 2019:

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]]> The Beach Boys Released “15 Big Ones” 50 Years Ago Today https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/05/the-beach-boys-released-15-big-ones-50-years-ago-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-beach-boys-released-15-big-ones-50-years-ago-today Sun, 05 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000 https://magnetmagazine.com/?p=266642 50 years ago today, the Beach Boys released 15 Big Ones. ’76 comeback. Read our classic Brian Wilson feature:

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