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Magnet magazine turns 15, launches new Web site

POSTED: Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 5:42 PM

Filed Under: Music

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Who'd have thunk all those years ago that Magnet, the indie rock magazine I used to flip through in the racks at Third Street Jazz and Rock, would be clocking it's 15th anniversary? Staunchly independent, and drawing heavily on Philadelphia writers and photographers, Magnet's become something of a standard-bearer for the indie rock nation (such that it is).

The new issue of the Philly-based mag (for whom I used to write) is The Photo Issue: Magnet's 15th Anniversary Special. It's got Nick Cave on the cover, Cat Power, Elliott Smith, Tom Waits, Pavement, Neko Case, Flaming Lips, GBV (natch) and more inside, including:
15 Years In Philly: MAGNET's hometown scene report
Cut Copy: Notes on the scandals we couldn't print (until now).
Memoir: Juliana Hatfield
Art History: Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures
Fact Sheet: Jenny Lewis
Q&A: Lindsey Buckingham

It's all very exciting. What's also exciting is the magazine's new Web site (which is a major, major upgrade over the old one and, honestly, it's about time), which has a blog format and includes breaking news, a wicked slideshow of images from the anniversary special and, starting today, the magazine's top 25 albums of 2008 (content will be rounded out with a Q&A with the band behind the no. 1 album, best box sets, live albums, reissues, and a chance to vote for the most overrated album of the year).

Regardless of your stance on the state of indie rock in general, or of the magazine's unabashed Robert Pollard adoration, Magnet's always been one of those institutions — like the Mutter Museum, the Schuylkill bike trail, etc. — that make you proud to be from Philly.

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