Best Of 2012: Metal
MAGNET’s Andrew Earles picks the best metal releases of the year. 1 Christian Mistress Possessed (Relapse) 2 Pallbearer Sorrow And Extinction (20 Buck Spin) 3 Kim Phuc Copsucker (Iron Lung) 4 Converge...
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MAGNET’s Justin Hampton picks the best electronic releases of the year. 1 Death Grips The Money Store (Epic) 2 Hundred Waters Hundred Waters (Owsla) 3 deadmau5 <album title goes here> (Ultra...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Singer/Songwriter
MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year. 1 Beth Orton Sugaring Season (Anti-) 2 Alejandro Escovedo Big Station (Fantasy) 3 Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel (Epic) 4...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Hard Rock
MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year. 1 Black Breath Sentenced To Life (Southern Lord) 2 Deftones Koi No Yokan (Reprise) 3 The Sword Apocryphon (Razor & Tie) 4 Orange...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Reissues
MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues of the year. 1 Johnny Cash The Complete Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy) 2 Lee Hazlewood The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides (1968-1971)...
View ArticleMAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2012
25. John K. Samson | Provincial (Anti-) The subjects on the debut solo album by the frontman for Winnipeg’s the Weakerthans could double as source material for a compendium of hackneyed “You might be a...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Q&A With The Walkmen
When they’re not touring, the Walkmen are scattered, with two guys in Brooklyn, two in Philly and one in New Orleans. MAGNET’s Steve Klinge spoke with singer Hamilton Leithauser (from the band’s...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Movies
The alarm clock of MAGNET’s veteran movie scribe Jud Cost started ringing just in time to roust him out of the sack to scribble some notes about what he thinks were the seven best movies of 2012. Since...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year. 1 Mumford & Sons Daytrotter Stopover Sessions (Daytrotter) 2 Old Crow Medicine Show Carry Me Back (ATO) 3 Lake Street Dive Fun...
View ArticleBest Of 2012: Jazz/Improv
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year. 1 Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo Ancestors (TUM) 2 Keith Rowe & John Tilbury E.E. Tension And Circumstance...
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