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.
Saint Etienne, The Night
Over 30 years after their debut, the Vaseline-lensed electro-pop trio still titillates without any consideration of boundaries as they continue their recent shift toward spectral-sounding gravitas.
Daft Punk, Discovery [Interstella 5555 Edition]
Reissued in honor of its complementary anime film’s 20th anniversary, the French house duo’s breakout LP feels like a time capsule for a brief period of pre-9/11 optimism.
The Coward Brothers, The Coward Brothers
Inspired by Christopher Guest’s recent radio play reviving Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett’s 1985 fictional band, this playful debut album proves that this inside joke still has legs.
Christian Koons
There’s no word yet on which “Catastrophist” track will become the Windy City’s official anthem, but it really is only a matter of time.
But this isn’t a concert taping, or even a “live” record, in any traditional sense of the term, even though the songs are perplexingly labelled as such.
Listen to the new remix now.
The New York band’s sophomore record is out February 5.
No word yet on how much “whizzpopping” will be featured in the film.
A video of the event, which took place in March, has been posted.
The bill includes Gary Numan, GZA, Oneohtrix Point Never, Julia Holter, ODESZA, and more.
“A bar stool intellectual…a master’s degree in small talk…”
We continue our countdown of the year’s best music with our #4 record of 2015.
The sequel to the 2000 original is out in February on Netflix and IMAX.
The new project documents the lives of Archy and his younger brother Jack.
The New York band’s second album is out in February.
Warning: this post contains “GOT” season five spoilers!
“Had a little funky psychosis”
A physical release is expected early 2016.
“Meow the Drums” is available to download now.
The Brooklyn indie pop act also details their upcoming new record, out February 19
The new album is set to drop on February 19.
“Shadow of a Doubt” is out November 20
An early beta version of the game is expected next year.