by John Gentile 1 minute ago Welcome to Navel Gazing, the Punknews.org commenter community’s weekly symposium, therapy session, and back-alley knife-fight. Chime in below with your latest playlists, record store finds, online time wasters, and site feedback. Source: punknews.org ..read more

Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 41-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. For the past few months, David and I have been having weekly phone discussions about paintings in virtual exhibitions. I’ve been writing about some of them. I recently compared a painting to the Robert Fripp guitar solo in Eno’s “Baby’s On Fire”. “Clatter” from Dovetail (K, 1992) (download): https://magnetmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Clatter.mp3 ..read more

20 years ago today, Modest Mouse released Good News For People Who Love Bad News. But what if we’re indifferent? Read Peter Holmstrom (Dandy Warhols) in MAGNET on Modest Mouse ..read more

25 years ago today, Fountains Of Wayne released Utopia Parkway. Troubled times on the Atlantic. Read our Q&A with them ..read more

20 years ago today, Calexico released Convict Pool. We’ve gotten by with the blues. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Joey Burns ..read more

20 years ago today, Todd Rundgren released Liars. And that’s just the way it’s got to be—happy anniversary. Read our Q&A with him ..read more

20 years ago today, of Montreal released Satanic Panic In The Attic. The magic is still working. Read our Q&A with Kevin Barnes ..read more

20 years ago today, Ben Kweller released On My Way. Tonight, we’re on our way. Read Rhett Miller (Old 97’s) in MAGNET on Kweller ..read more

20 years ago today, Ron Sexsmith released Retriever. Such sweet and simple days. Read our feature on Ron ..read more

Episode #649.97 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John and Em talk about the big Frenchkiss Records sale and John rants about how much he hates Kiss. They also discuss the Ramones upcoming picture disc series, Fucked Up’s new song, Scowl dropping off Welcome to Rockville, the new video by the Dracu-Las, and Cock Sparrer’s new video. The hosts also announce an exciting new giveaway on this episode. Two tickets to see Shannon and The Clams live at the Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, May 25 are up for grabs! To be eligible you must: live in Toronto or the GTA and ..read more