Take heart, those of you who fear the imminent demise of the era where people read about music on stapled-and-printed pages: Seven music-related periodicals have made the short list of the Chicago Tribune’s annual “50 Best Magazines” list. More »
Take heart, those of you who fear the imminent demise of the era where people read about music on stapled-and-printed pages: Seven music-related periodicals have made the short list of the Chicago Tribune’s annual “50 Best Magazines” list. More »
The super-indies at Magnet are waiting until the January issue to print their Top 20 albums, but a sneak peek has revealed that the mag has chosen Ween’s La Cucaracha to lead the list. It’s like God answered our yearnings for year-end variety with a big ol’ curveball made of chocolate and cheese. The rest of the list is after the jump, and it certainly sticks to Magnet‘s “bearded, bespectacled core.”
THE GOOD: Along with a bunch of already-acknowledged Idolator faves (Grinderman, Parts and Labor, Robert Wyatt, Spoon, Battles, My Teenage Stride), it’s nice to see Blonde Redhead’s somewhat-lost-in-the-shuffle 23 recieve a prominent shout-out.
THE BAD: Along with “bearded” and “bespectacled,” we forgot “penis-ed.” (Though “bearded” probably covers that well enough.) With few enough exceptions to count on one hand (with some fingers left over), it’s dudes, hairy dudes, and hairier dudes.
THE WHAAAA? Ween?
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe and Spin are given a once-over by an anonymous writer who’s contributed to several of those titles–or maybe even all of them! After the jump, he switches gears and takes a look at the most recent issue of Magnet:
We’re only now catching up with this month’s Magnet cover story on Cat Power, and though we hate to turn into the indie-rock version of TMZ, we were struck by this quote toward the end of the profile: Marshall makes no secret about her desire to have children of her own, but she’s slightly less… More »
Just when we thought we were finished with our “Best Of 2006” lists, the new issue of Magnet arrived. Speaking of which, do you think Cat Power even know there was a photo shoot going on when she posed for this cover? More »
Both of your Idolators are big fans of Magnet magazine (for which we’ve contributed a handful of stories). More »
