With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.
Camera Obscura, Look to the East, Look to the West
The Glaswegian chamber-pop quartet’s comeback record finds the group nestling back into its comfort zone, soothing the soul like the band used to.
Hot Water Music, Vows
The punk outfit’s hallmarks remain as powerful as ever on their guest-heavy tenth record, which feels less like a swan song than a reassertion of intent.
Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft
The alt-pop songwriter’s intricate third full-length collaboration with her brother FINNEAS explores what it means to grow up in public and find one’s voice, both literally and figuratively.
Kyle MacKinnel
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Just in time for the holidays, Neil Young will continue fortifying his undisputed post as the most stubbornly relevant golden-age pillar. Storytone,…
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Feeling the energy of this band live in the open air is probably a fun time, but having been vacuum-sealed, Rip City doesn’t have enough to say to justify the leap.
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Piggybacking off of the excellent, unsung Several Shades of Why (2011), Tied to a Star delivers the same type of upfront, post-toasted melancholia, punctuated by swells from J’s overdriven purple Jazzmaster.
Having peeked out from his bedroom nook and dripped through the rafters down into Ty Segall’s garage, Tim Presley hoists the door open to shed natural light upon White Fence’s sixth album, For the Recently Found Innocent.