www.magnetmagazine.comCOMING SOON!! ISSUE 78COVER STORY: AGAINST ME! interview by Ben LeeThese Florida punks surrendered their obscurity to make a scathingly smart and defiantly hopeful album for a major label; Australian singer/ songwriter Ben Lee gave up his indie cred to make pop records. The two camps meet to discuss the unbearable lightness of exile. FEATURES:2007: THE YEAR IN MUSIC
MAGNET examines the top 20 albums of 2007 and uncovers the 10 best records you didn't hear. THE HELIO SEQUENCE
These two Portland, Ore., homegrown prodigies stuck together through sickness and self-doubt to pursue a vivid new kind of American dream rock. By Matthew FritchTHE ALIENS
After the Beta Band went bust due to music-industry burnout and mental illness, some of its members regrouped to form outer-limits psych/ pop outfit the Aliens. By Neil FergusonBLACK MOUNTAIN
Rising out of the punk scene and the mean streets of Vancouver, Stephen McBean and friends find their groove within the classic-sounding gloom rock of Black Mountain. By Michael BarclayMARK LANEGAN
An in-depth survey of the career of alt-rock’s Man In Black reveals a tender side to the mysterious Lanegan, who’s done some hard living with Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age. By Andrew ParksMAGNIFIED: Midlake, Georgie James, Liam Finn, The Octopus Project, No Age STATIC: cot-pop band Sons & Daughters get a glam makeover; Luna’s Dean Wareham dishes on his tell-all memoir; going deep with eels’ Mark Oliver Everett; a look at the Pixies’ album art; Rocket From The Crypt officially goes to the grave; Einstürzende Neubauten’s industrial revolution; and five questions for the B-52’s.ON THE RECORD: Bob Mould REVIEWS: New releases from Antietam, Beach House, David Bowie, Cat Power, Drive-By Truckers, Evangelicals, Goldfrapp, Joe Jackson, the Magnetic Fields, Major Stars, Nada Surf, Photon Band, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Times New Viking, Chris Walla, the Whigs and more.
