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.
The Locust, The Peel Sessions [Reissue]
Recorded in 2001, originally released in 2010, and newly remastered, there’s a bristling energy that runs through this EP that maximizes the weird terror of these 16 bursts of grindcore.
Mac Miller, Balloonerism
This unearthed material collects a cohesive set of world-weary character studies examining the slippery slide of self-medication—even if it’s only an interpretation of the late artist’s vision.
Frank Black, Teenager of the Year [30th Anniversary Edition]
Bolder, weirder, and less Pixies-like than his solo debut, this vast collection of contagious pop vibes and oddball character studies remains Black Francis’ finest musical moment on his own.
Bryan Reesman
The musical comedian discusses The Illustrated Al, the new graphic novel anthology inspired by his songs, as well as his lifelong love for MAD magazine.
As the LA-based rockers tour their new LP She Said, their animated frontperson lists seven spooky-season movies that get under her skin.
Founder Yongman Kim discusses the pioneering video store’s revival at its new home in Lower Manhattan’s Alamo Drafthouse.
The pair discuss collaborating on the astral four-album series.