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It’s Not Just Weyes Blood, It’s Everybody

In our latest digital cover story, Natalie Mering discusses the heartbreak and global concerns that intertwine on her doom-laced yet oddly sanguine new album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.

November 16, 2022
In Conversation
Beach House on Growing and Staying Grounded with Once Twice Melody

Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally discuss how their core aesthetic remains the same as they expand their sonic boundaries.

February 21, 2022
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The Community of Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records

With her new record label, Bridgers is using an ever-growing platform to promote her musical community in Los Angeles and beyond. Here, she and the label’s signees—including Claud, MUNA, Charlie Hickey, and Sloppy Jane—discuss their growing circle and the challenges of sharing their music through what’s ultimately a business.

February 14, 2022
In Conversation
In Conversation: Hana Vu on the Metaphors and Metamorphosis of “Public Storage”

The LA-based musician discusses her most collaborative, rock-oriented release yet—one whose “debut album” label tells only part of the story.

November 18, 2021
St. Vincent’s “Strange Mercy” at 10: How Annie Clark Brought Life to Not Feeling Alive

Her first of many albums in a highly tailored musical and narrative costume, Clark’s third and most consistent LP set her on a mercurial, cryptic path that continues today.

September 10, 2021
Mykki Blanco Is Here To Stay

The genre-defying artist discusses the freedom they felt on “Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep,” their first release in five years.

June 24, 2021
SOPHIE’s Loss Is Devastating for Pop Music, LGBTQ+ Culture, and Everything Between

SOPHIE massively impacted 21st century music and queer discourse, and the musician’s sudden death leaves a vast, heartbreaking gap.

February 01, 2021
The Most Surprising Collaborations of 2020

10 head-turning guest verses to match these strange times.

December 28, 2020
Jesse Kivel’s Guide To Los Angeles Via the Landmarks of “Infinite Jess”

Kivel’s new LP is his memory map of LA, so we invited him to walk us through his version of the city.

November 12, 2020
Knot on Returning to Music and Living an Explicitly Political Life

The Boston rock band Krill is back with a new name, a new member, years of activist experience, and plenty to say about living politically.

October 28, 2020
On “Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea,” PJ Harvey Accidentally Predicted America

As the mercurial British artist’s fifth album turns 20, its unintentional foreshadowing of the U.S.’s bleak future remains unsettling.

October 23, 2020
Sooper Records Gives Back to Chicago

NNAMDÏ, Sen Morimoto, Glenn Curran, KAINA, and Blacker Face, the label’s co-founders and artists, wind up succeeding as activists without thinking too much about it.

October 21, 2020
How Artists Are Making Some of the Year’s Best Music Videos in Quarantine

Evanescence, Glass Animals, Jessy Lanza, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, and their video directors talk about transcending quarantine’s creative limits.

June 11, 2020
IDK, RMR, Warner Records Executives, and Partners Discuss the Music Industry Fight for Black Lives

The town hall meeting addressed injustice, the power of donating, and mentoring Black youth.

June 05, 2020
Caroline Rose Is (Carefully) Becoming a Superstar

The narrator of “Superstar” is an ostentatious caricature, but their journey speaks to real concerns.

March 04, 2020
Don’t Worry, U.S. Girls Is Still an Anti-Capitalist Project

Meg Remy’s newest album may at first seem apolitical, but it’s just a different take on longtime interests.

March 03, 2020
Caribou’s Dan Snaith: the Family Man Surrounded By Change

His long-awaited seventh album, “Suddenly,” is an exercise in empathy.

February 25, 2020
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Best Coast: Feeling OK for the First Time

In our new digital cover story, Bethany Cosentino talks “Always Tomorrow” and how she got to the point of finally feelin’ good and getting sober.

February 20, 2020
With Three Reissues, Deerhoof Is Challenging Their Own Critical Narratives

Deerhoof is said to have grown more accessible over its twenty-five years. Greg Saunier and Satomi Matsuzaki couldn’t agree less.

November 19, 2019
Art & Culture
Shepard Fairey Is Here To Stay

With a new mural and a 30-year retrospective in Downtown LA, the massively influential artist is moving forward while looking back.

November 13, 2019
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