Q&A w/ #ElliottSmith biographer #JamieFisher (@DuttonBooks). On 23rd anniv of Smith’s death, MAGNET’s @coreydu speaks to Fisher about her encounters w/ Smith’s family and friends and, best of all, her focus on Smith’s true love and life’s obsession: music: https://t.co/XM4RdLh0eG
#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Dazies’ “Still Life” (@killphonicmusic@daziestheband@TAYFPR). “I wanted to empathize with their feelings. I imagined it wouldn’t feel much different than any other relationship. But at the end of the day, it’s artificial”: https://t.co/y91X85v7YL
#EssentialNewMusic: #JulesReidy’s “Clerestory” (@thrilljockey). “The Berlin-based composer/guitarist translates this sensory-spiritual effect to sound, providing a musical approximation of cascading light beams.” Read our review: https://t.co/fEr2ErKUnU
#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #Deathdotgov’s “Laces (Redux)” (#LostFuture, @deathdotgov, @usthemgroup). “It’s a personal song. It seemed like the right call to choose it for an acoustic rendition. Expanding on it in this format felt therapeutic for us”: https://t.co/UN4zw96y8I
#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #PointBreak2’s “Haunted Car.” “I originally thought the tune would be a small, quiet interstitial about finding some optimism and keeping a sense of humor and grace in the face of, well, everything these days.” Check it out: https://t.co/zVXImZfoci
#MAGNETExclusive: #DarnKelly goes track by track on “Waffle Houseboat” (@twntythreemusic). “This is the story of the first time I got high on weed and became convinced I was possessed in my best friend’s ancient house.” Check it out: https://t.co/56nedSLyej
#FiveQuestions with #LoveRiot. “The ’90s Love Riot wouldn’t write songs about climate change or wade into political territory. It was relationship songs. This new album picks up where we left off in such a beautiful way.” Check it out: https://t.co/FwyMjkwLxu
#MAGNETExclusive: #DeepGlens goes track by track on “Carver” (@twntythreemusic). “It reminds me of that strange, hollow feeling of being the last kid awake at a sleepover. All your friends are sleep, and you’re watching ‘Point Break’ or ‘Total Recall’”: https://t.co/gg11nCINHP
#FiveQuestions with #Bodega (@ChrysalisRecs). “Today, too much art rock is too one-dimensional and humorless. Poetry without humor is false.” Check it out: https://t.co/JsKk0NV1hA
#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #NourallahBrothers’ “Reunion Time” video (#Happiness). “After some beers and an ocean of tears, I wrote this song. I no longer cared to understand the hearts of the disloyal.” Check it out: https://t.co/DQx1qdYHzd
#MAGNETExclusive: Premiere of #DiverThrough’s “It's The Sky” (#Subluna, @diverthrough, @TeamClermont). “The title comes from an article I read about the phenomenon of increased clear-air turbulence, which is a result of climate change.” Check it out: https://t.co/fUjliepbWo
Q&A with #theFrogs’ @JimmyFlemion (@foreignleisure, @reybee). “We’ve always been outsiders. Our attitude, how we felt when we took the stage, our choices, the thoughts behind the songs and the subject matter—all that plays into it. We were different”: https://t.co/edJQxfCzkX
#FiveQuestions with #Palace (@AWAL, @WeArePalace, @bighasslemedia). “@TheBandOfficial were our number one influence for ‘Ox.’ We went down giant wormholes these past 2 years on them. We’ve read & shared almost every book on them and devoured their music”: https://t.co/D2BUqazli7
#MAGNETExclusive: #Kiefer goes track by track on “Memory Bomb” (@bluenoterecords@MissingPieceGrp). “I make music for weeks on end. One day I looked in the mirror, my facial hair was overgrown & I was moving through something heavy. The music was intense”: https://t.co/iEFBB2fNWy
@westsidecowboyy (@IslandRecords) and #StarMoles (@DeadOceans) at @FillmorePhilly. “Musically, they made for strange bedfellows, but the evening had the exciting vibe of an insider’s showcase of on-the-verge artists on their way to larger acclaim”: https://t.co/WQZSaojBH3
#MAGNETExclusive: #Miyaxx goes track by track on “Hold Your Ego Out Like A Sun” (#TripleDolphin, @sirenscallpr). “I find respite by returning to the elements and this simple truth: We are nature, and we are just a small part of the beauty in this world”: https://t.co/mLKIwGBQic
Q&A with US3’s #GeoffWilkinson (@Us3official, @Fionabloom). “I think jazz has become more infused in popular music now, in a way that it wasn’t back then. It’s become normalized, which I think is good.” Check it out: https://t.co/NUOZrmL4PQ