Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros singer Alex Ebert has defended their hit "Home" after social media discourse named it ...

Singer Responds After Millions Online Call His Band's Song the ‘Worst Ever Made' first appeared on Parade on Aug 11, 2025 ...

Alex Ebert also accused other folk-rock bands like the Lumineers of ripping off his group's "stomp-clap f---in' folk-pop ...

While many dub 'Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros the worst song ever written, it is actually the by-product of a ...

We open this week in a very unexpected place: “Home,” the 2010 hit by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, which had a viral ...

This week has been full of outdated indie discourse about whether or not Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros’ 2009 hit “Home” is the worst song of all time. A clip of the group’s Tiny Desk ...

If the bones are good, if the bones let the song survive context, if you pull it out of acoustic guitar, you put a piano ...

If you’ve spent any time on Twitter/X this week, you may have noticed that first there was discourse about the “worst song ...

At 15 tracks in length with many exceeding the four-minute mark, “Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros” is a difficult album to listen to straight through in one sitting.

For Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, “PersonA” is obviously a tense, transitional offering. Focus Tracks: “Let It Down” This is one of the few songs on here that goes somewhere.

Edward Sharpe: An article in the Aug. 3 Calendar section on Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros said the group’s new album is being released by Mumford & Sons’ Community Music/Vagrant label.

For Here — out May 29, it's the first of two albums Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros will release this year — Ebert and company aren't so burdened with the weight of their pasts.