Five Questions with Knitting’s Mischa Dempsey (Mint). “Coming out as nonbinary as an adult was interesting, in that it connected me to a childhood version of myself that had the privilege of slipping between gender norms without an awareness of what I was doing”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/16/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Gordon Withers’ cover of American Football’s “Never Meant” (@sweetcheetahpr.bsky.social). “It’s beautiful, but also complex in its interlocking layers, odd time signatures and how it phrases sections in measures of 10 instead of 8”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/16/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Riley Downing’s “Hurt To Fall” (@ohboyrecords.bsky.social). “Everything is working out in ways you didn’t expect. You’re leaning into it, having built yourself up strong enough to handle it—or so you thought.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/16/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Izzy Oram Brown goes track by track on “What I Want.” “I spent my time journaling, walking, listening to baseball on the radio, reading and thinking—all in service of writing new material.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/15/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Nanaco Sato’s “A Bullet Hole In My Ear” (Gearbox). “Those words hit me like lightning. I suddenly imagined the terrifying moment when an eardrum is pierced—when something inside you is lost forever.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/15/m...

Five Questions with Las Robertas’ Mercedes Oller (@kaninerecords.bsky.social). “Warmth, optimism and the dreamy factor is something that comes naturally to us. We’re so lucky and grateful to live in a country like Costa Rica.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/14/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Susto Stringband goes track by track on “Susto Stringband (Volume 2)” (Missing Piece). “It reminds me of those moments where life just feels perfect, and you try to soak it up because you know that feeling of contentment can be fleeting”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/14/m...

Five Questions with Greazy Alice’s Alex Pianovich (Loose). “I think the Brits are proud of their influence on American roots music and intrigued by the way it has morphed after centuries in our melting pot.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/13/f...

Essential New Music: Kohoutek’s “Akvoturo” (@carbonrecords.bsky.social, Feeding Tube). “The songs travel a throbbing space way that links Hawkwind to fellow Philadelphians Bardo Pond.” Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/13/e...

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...

Q&A with M.O.T.H.E.R.’s Robbie Furze (Big Pink) and Jamie Hince (Kills). “We’re swimming in this little pool of the moment, bridging a gap between Aphex Twin and Fugazi.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/10/a...

Five Questions with Kiwi Jr.’s Jeremy Gaudet (@krecs.bsky.social). “We’re getting more familiar with what our strengths and weaknesses are. We know what works and what doesn’t now, so the game becomes one of execution and following the straight line.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/10/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Adam Rubenstein Featuring Dashboard Confessional’s “Choosing Sides” (@spartanrecords.bsky.social, @adamrubenstein.bsky.social). “I’m a bit limited as a vocalist. Marrying my vocals with Chris’ was a bit intimidating.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/10/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Park Hills Circle goes track by track on “All Of A Sudden” (@pravdarecords.bandcamp.com). “Songwriting can be prophetic. Songs know or understand something about us or the world—often something that needs to be healed—before we even realize it”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/10/m...

Five Questions with Adam Weiner (@lowcutconnie.bsky.social). “I’ve come to see what the songs, the performances, the images and the writing can mean to people, and I’ve pushed myself to always challenge myself and go out into the deeper waters artistically”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/09/f...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Ivy Flindt’s “Welcome To L.A.” video. “We had a rough start to the city, introducing us straightaway to the struggle that seems to come with chasing your dreams. I could feel it in every corner of the city.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/09/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of BETS & Van Bosch’s “All Heart” (?). “Most of our sessions are really just us hanging out and talking about what’s worrying us or keeping us up at night. The song came straight out of that shared shorthand between us.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/09/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of @theblackdrumset.bsky.social’s “Friends In Dark Places.” “It begins in darkness & loss & ends with an insistence on finding joy. We sometimes find true friends or positive things within ourselves when going through the darkest times”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/08/m...

Five Questions w/ Martín Selasco (Terror/Cactus). “At a time when immigrant communities were being attacked and much of culture felt increasingly commodified, I wanted to create something reflecting the chaos, beauty and contradictions of real Latin American life”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/08/f...

Q&A with Jon Spencer (Shove, @jonspencer.bsky.social). “I’ve come a long way from my very angry and confused younger days. Rock ’n’ roll—one of America’s true gifts to the world—did change the world. Is it still a world-changing force? I don’t know.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/07/a...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Tanner Dane’s “Hardest Lessons Learned” (@easydoesitrecords.bsky.social). “Although it was too late to undo the damage and pain I’d caused, there was a lesson in the heartbreak that would change the way I acted in life moving forward”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/07/m...

Essential New Music: Liudas Mockūnas / Samuel Blaser / Marc Ducret’s “Twisted Summer” (Jersika). The musicians’ attunement to each other’s maneuvers ensures cohesion. Their interactions are precise and supportive, balancing aggression with grace. Read our review: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/e...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Sarah Aili’s “Stars Fell On Alabama” video. “My grandmother belonged to a generation of women who were asked to choose between their creative ambitions & their families. From a young age, I hoped to find a way to honor both callings”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/06/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...

Q&A with E.R. Fightmaster (Fightmaster Industries, Many Hats). “I love the process of taking this secret that feels so precious to me and handing it to an audience with my tail between my legs, just to watch them turn it into an anthem for their own life”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/03/a...

Q&A with Fruits Bats’ Eric D. Johnson (@mergerecords.bsky.social). “Creating things is like a personality disorder that’s morphed into a career path. I’ll keep doing it as long as people keep listening. Even if they stop listening, I’ll probably still keep going”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/03/a...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Bill Scorzari’s “Middle Class Middle Child” video (@billscorzari.bsky.social). “What started as an afterthought wound up being one of my favorite tracks on both albums.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/02/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Utopia PKWY’s “I Knew You Would Be Trouble” (Lux Astralis). “There’s a certain optimism in accepting uncertainty rather than trying to control it, and that’s the emotional engine driving.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/02/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Jon Bryant’s “When You Call” (Nettwerk). “It is about getting calls from my best friends at 10 p.m., taunting me to meet up. We were like blood brothers on a winter’s night. And these nights would carry through to the morning”: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/01/m...

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of Ed Prosek’s “The American Divide” (Nettwerk). “Through social media and mutual friends, I watched him become a junkie, hit rock bottom, then pull himself out of it. He built a whole new life for himself.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/07/01/m...