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The return of live concerts was the biggest music news of 2021 (and let’s hope we’ll never have to endure live streaming again).

Open share drawer Originally released in 1999 as a promotional CD-R, this collection of alternate mixes and non-album tracks bridges the gap between the band’s experimental hijinks and pop instincts. Over the Flaming Lips’ four-decade career, there was no more crucial turning point than the period spanning 1996 to 1999, when the Oklahoma group narrowly escaped their imminent fate as alt-rock has-beens and transformed themselves into the megaphone-wielding pied pipers of the 21st-centu...

Aquarian Bloods New Album Bending the Golden Hour Out Today While Aquarian Blood has roots as a chaotic punk rock six-piece, the band shifted gears after two raucous cassette-only releases on ZAP Cassettes.by TV News Desk Bending the Golden Hour, the third album from Memphis, Tennessees Aquarian Blood, husband and wife team J.B. Horrell (Ex-Cult) and Laurel Horrell (formerly of Nots) continue on their gorgeously stripped-down and atmospheric journey. Throughout Bending the Golden Hour, the duo...

Join Formed in San Jose, California in 1970, The Doobie Brothers released their self-titled debut album 50 years ago this week. With a foundational rock sound that easily worked in elements of other genres like soul and R&B, The Doobie Brothers proved themselves by maintaining success while alternating between two iconic and recognizable vocalists. Inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame 16 years before they made it to the Rock and Roll Hall, the band continues to be celebrated for its harm...

Aquarian Blood Release New Single Time in the Rain With Bending the Golden Hour, the third album from Aquarian Blood (J.B. and Laurel Horrell) continue on their gorgeously stripped-down and atmospheric journey.by Chloe Rabinowitz Aquarian Blood is releasing their sweet duet, "Time in the Rain" today. The second single from their forthcoming album, Bending the Golden Hour, finds the silver lining in the confusion and uncertainty of these times. The Memphis husband and wife team explain, "Time I...

Ludwig Persik is playing at Pianos before heading out on tour with Jamie Lidell. Photo via tumblr. One of our favorite “LES-ers” (read our My LES interview with him here) has snagged a residency at Pianos (158 Ludlow Street).  His self-titled debut EP, released last summer, was produced by indie beat boxing/synth/soul mystro Jamie Lidell, with whom Persik toured in 2010.  The album was featured as Deli’s “NYC Record of the Month” last July and is tricky to categorize, since words li...

Gigulate Happy 75th Birthday Skip Spence (Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane), R.I.P. Happy 75th birthday Skip Spence (Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane). R.I.P. Don’t slip away. Read our Classic Alternative review of Moby Grape’s self-titled debut: The post Happy 75th Birthday Skip Spence (Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane), R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine.

09 02 2021 IN ORDER TO TRULY blow one’s mind, one must travel to the far reaches of the music cosmos – to a place where Throbbing Gristle, Barbra Streisand, Captain Beefheart, Bongwater, Tim Buckley and Boredoms reign supreme and sonic adventures into the unknown are an essential part of daily life. A dimension where flipped-out acid rock rubs shoulders with records that reconfigured our conception of what music could be while manifestations of further-out lunacy – some barely recognisabl...