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Magas-scored film, THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, Premieres at Pebbles Underground Festival
James Marlon Magas recently completed the original film score for Usama Alshaibi’s This Has Already Happened, which recently premiered at Pebbles Underground Film Festival. As of this writing, it’s streaming for free until June 22nd. For a little taste, check out this 90-second sizzle reel. Read more
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10 Minutes and 15 Seconds of James Marlon Magas
’10 Minutes and 15 Seconds of James Marlon Magas’ is a short concert film shot and edited by Jake Lingan, consisting of excerpts from my live show on Friday, August 15th, 2025 with Xerobot and Bobby Conn. Opening reading by poet Thax Douglas. Read more
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MAGAS Midwestern Microtour
James Marlon MAGAS is playing a handful of Midwestern dates in August 2025. Wed 8/13 Milwaukee, WI – @cactusclubmkew/ Joey Turbo & Aluminum Knot EyeGET TICKETS HERE Thurs 8/14 Madison, WI – @mickeys_madisonw/ @whippets.whippets.whippets & @xerobotGO HERE Fri 8/15 Chicago, IL – @theburlingtonbarw/ @xerobot & @bobbyconn67GET TICKETS HERE Read more
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Thurs. June 12 – James Marlon Magas // Mukqs // Oubliette // Packmember Angel at Burlington Bar, Chicago
Thursday, June 12th, 8pm, Burlington Bar, Chicago8pm JAMES MARLON MAGASMUKQSOUBLIETTEPACKMEMBER ANGEL GET TICKETS HERE Read more
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OUT NOW: TO IS & JAMES MARLON MAGAS – WEB: LIVE AT MIDWICH
GET IT HERE on BANDCAMPMidwich Productions breaks a near two-year silence with Web: Live at Midwich is the artistic union of To Is (Michael P. Russell) and James Marlon Magas. This 2nd release by the duo was recorded live at Midwich with no overdubs or edits. This album consists of one 30-minute track entitled Healing/Web… Read more
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OUT NOW! TO IS (feat. JAMES MARLON MAGAS) – Healing single
OUT today–the new single from TO IS (feat. JAMES MARLON MAGAS) entitled ‘Healing’. This collaborative single is 5 minutes of deep and blissful cosmic healing/forest immersion. Perfect for your healing journey. Available on all the platforms. Read more
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COUCH featured in Bandcamp Daily
Bandcamp Daily just featured a retrospective on my first band, COUCH, formed in 1992 with Dr. Pete Larson, and takes our paths to present day. READ IT HERE! COUCH photo by Ronna Foote (l-r Velocity Hopkins, Marlon Magas) COUCH live at the Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Doug Coombe (l-r Marlon Magas, Velocity… Read more
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SITE UPDATE: Film scoring page added
I’ve added a new page on this site, to showcase my film scoring work. You may or may not know that I’m a huge film and film soundtrack aficionado (especially the Italian genre soundtracks of the ’70s). I’ve long dreamed of scoring films and was lucky enough to do that. Since then, I’ve been tweaking… Read more
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‘FLAMES OF LOVE’ Official Music Video by Rich Salamander OUT NOW!
Proud to announce the worldwide premiere of my new video Flames of Love directed by Rich Salamander and starring Collin Bunting. Cinematography by Rich and Jess Price and additional assistance by Theo Katsaounis. Best viewed full-screen and LOUD. Confusion Is My Name is out everywhere on Friday, October 21st. PREORDER HERE(Scroll down for the physical… Read more
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‘Lay My Money’ (feat. Electronicat) single & video by Jim Sikora out now
I, James Marlon Magas, have a new single and video out today: ‘Lay My Money’ with noise/pop idol Electronicat. This down ‘n’ dirty video was helmed by legendary Chicago director Jim Sikora. Blast the song on the streaming forum of your choice. If vinyl is your preference, the album Confusion Is My Name will be… Read more
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JAMES MARLON MAGAS Releases New Single & Video Directed by KANSAS BOWLING
James Marlon Magas has released ‘Feathers In the Clouds’, the 2nd single from his forthcoming album Confusion Is My Name. This is a propulsive, Oberheim-driven, passionately-voiced electronic rock banger, enlivened by an incendiary piano solo by ex-Blues Control shredder Lea Cho. Mastered by Ruud Lekx and cut for vinyl by Josh Bonati. The ‘Feathers’ video… Read more
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JAMES MARLON MAGAS Announces New Album / Releases First Single & Video
James Marlon Magas has been reborn — or perhaps, more accurately, born for the first time in his most undiluted image. Confusion Is My Name is his first album under his full given name, and the first album in over a decade to position him as a proper frontman at the microphone against the backdrop… Read more
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