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“Everybody's life is boring. But if they give you 30 years to work with, you can edit out all the boring sh-t. It makes your life look insane,” she marvels. But Hersh’s life has been anything but dull. She spent her childhood running around naked in a commune in Georgia. “It was a barn in the woods for hippies. The cops would come to the door sometimes and search the house for drugs.” Her mother Crane, a special educational needs teacher, was a “nice Southern lady” (who later married Donelly’s father) while her dad Dude, a philosophy professor, would sometimes be strung out on...

The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s: 60 – 41 The third part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s, including Sonic Youth, Primal Scream, Garbage, Pixies and more. 60. Mercury Rev – “Holes” (1998) From Mercury Rev’s classic fourth album Deserter’s Songs, “Holes” is a swirling melancholy dream, a Grimm’s fairy tale with pain and darkness coursing just under the surface of an elegant and ornate reverie of beauty and wonder. The whimsical nature of the song is partly inspired by vocalist Jonathan Donahue rediscovering recordings...

Gigulate The Cure Released “Faith” 40 Years Ago Today 40 years ago today, the Cure released Faith. And older we grow. Read our live review of 2019’s Pasadena Daydream featuring the Cure, Pixies, Deftones, Throwing Muses, Joy Formidable and more: The post The Cure Released “Faith” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.

Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh From Kristin Hersh has spanned the alternative music genre as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. In Rat Girl, she offers readers an in-depth look at her life as a musician. At 15 years old, Hersh and her bandmates in Throwing Muses were beginning to see the fruits of their labor come to life with a possible major-label signing. When she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, everything changed for her. With Rat Girl, Hersh delivers an unapologetic story about being a woman in the music industry while juggling her mental health and growing into adulthood. Hunger Make...

Open share drawer A benefit compilation from the venerable UK label 4AD sets its roster loose on its back catalog for a varied set of covers that uphold the imprint’s exploratory spirit. The venerable UK indie label 4AD has long embodied a sensibility more than a particular sound. As the label’s U.S. general manager, Nabil Ayers, recently observed to The New Yorker, even during its halcyon 1980s and ’90s, signature acts like dream-pop fantasists Cocteau Twins and college-rock absurdists Pixies had little in common musically. So Bills & Aches & Blues, a new 18-song set of 4AD ...