From CHAI and CHAII to JayWood and Jay Wood, here are all the sets of artists we struggled to differentiate in 2023.
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54 Arguments for Naming Your New Music Project Something More Specific in 2024
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Watch Modern Nature’s Jack Cooper Perform in His Garden in Manchester, UK for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Slowshift Play Two Songs at the Munch Museum in Bjørvika for “Neighborhoods: Oslo”

Watch Husbands Perform a Chilly Halloween Set in Kansas City, Missouri for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Mermaid Perform Two Tracks in Their Backyard in Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Survival Guide Perform in a Dried-Up Creek Bed in Blanco, Texas for “Neighborhoods”

In the Kitchen with SadGirl

Watch Dessa Perform “Blush” at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota for “Neighborhoods”

From CHAI and CHAII to JayWood and Jay Wood, here are all the sets of artists we struggled to differentiate in 2023.
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photos: Daniel Cavazos

The multimedia installation artist discusses his work for the new group show Smoke and Mirrors: Magical Thinking in Contemporary Art taking place at Florida’s Boca Raton Museum of Art through May 12.
Words: A.D. Amorosi

Regarded as one of the most influential drummers in rock, The Police’s percussionist is reissuing his earliest work under the mysterious alter ego.
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
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Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue
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.

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Soccer Mommy
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Photo: Annie Lesser

The Jesus and March Chain at Levitation 2022 credit Daniel Cavazos
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Photos: David Iskra

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Photo: Craig Betts/Peter Baylis

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Photo: Audrey Kemp

Peter Gabriel, i/o
The broadly poetic tales of ordinary madness on the Genesis co-founder’s first LP of new original material in over two decades are often spare and daringly melodic.

House of Harm, Playground
The Boston-based goth-pop trio scratch a unique itch on their more complex sophomore record by expanding their aesthetic to incorporate Midwest emo vocals.

Full of Hell & Nothing, When No Birds Sang
The six collaborative tracks from the Maryland grindcore outfit and Philly shoegazers stretch both bands into new compositional terrain in addition to playing to each group’s strengths.


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