With his band’s sixth full-length Neon Pill out now, the frontman discusses how bouncing back from medication-induced psychosis informed the record and gave him a new lease on life.
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Cage the Elephant’s Matt Shultz on Looking at Life Through a New Lens
Words: Jonah Bayer
Photos: Neil Krug
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REZN’s Burden Influences Playlist
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In Conversation
Cage the Elephant’s Matt Shultz on Looking at Life Through a New Lens
With his band’s sixth full-length Neon Pill out now, the frontman discusses how bouncing back from medication-induced psychosis informed the record and gave him a new lease on life.
Words: Jonah Bayer
Photos: Neil Krug
At the Flea Market with Hermanos Gutiérrez
Catching up with the brothers ahead of their sixth album of ambient Americana, Sonido Cósmico, which is out this week via Easy Eye Records.
Words: Craig Rosen
Photo: Larry Niehues
Film + TVIn Conversation
Junkie XL on Exploring the Deepest of Hells with the Furiosa Soundtrack
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Tom Holkenborg delves into his second musical work in the Wasteland with longtime collaborator George Miller.
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photos: courtesy of Warner Bros.
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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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Nick Lowe Announces First LP in Over a Decade, Shares First Single “Went to a Party”
Words: Will Schube
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Lawrence Matthews Recruits Idi X Teco for “Once More & Again (Our Mourning)”
Words: Will Schube
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Macseal Document Familial Love at First Sight on New Power-Pop Single “Four Legs”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Ok Cowgirl Dig Their Own Grave in Video for New Single “Forever”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Words: Joshua Mellin
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Film + TVIn Conversation
Junkie XL on Exploring the Deepest of Hells with the Furiosa Soundtrack
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photos: courtesy of Warner Bros.
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Goodmorning Valentine and Jessica Lea Mayfield Share a Somber Tale From the Road with “Empty Rooms”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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The Watchers Achieves Genuine Discomfort at the Expense of Engaging Character Development
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The Portland group’s first release on their own label is a fun combination of loose-knit folk and powerful prog odyssey, feeling like both a fresh start and a return to familiar form.
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Recorded in a centuries-old pub in Ireland, the extensive third album from Josh Kaufman, Anaïs Mitchell, and Eric D. Johnson is a firm commitment to the bit as the trio perfects their chemistry.
NxWorries, Why Lawd?
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge once again work as true embodiments of yin and yang to conjure immaculate vibes eight years after their collaborative debut.
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