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.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard, Neptunes
Each track on the electronic composer and Hot Chip leader’s debut EP together has a unique rhythmic texture, with the constant theme being a wall of bass that transports you to a celestial space.
New Order, Brotherhood [Definitive Edition]
With one side dedicated to icy compu-disco and the other tied to the band’s beyond-punk origin story, this expanded reissue brings new order to the 1986 curio with live recordings, remixes, and more.
Father John Misty, Mahashmashana
Josh Tillman focuses his lens on death on his darkly comedic sixth album as eclectic instrumentation continues to buttress his folky chamber pop beyond ’70s pastiche.
Christian Koons
Maxim cites several anonymous sources who claim to have been approached by podcast creator Sarah Koenig.
The collaborative LP “Bad Neighbor” will drop October 30
The distinctive songwriter takes us on a guided tour of selected tracks from his phenomenal new album “b’lieve i’m goin down…”
Catch the duo on the road this fall.
Known best as the rug-cuttin’ bassist for indie-darlings-turned-Grammy-winners Vampire Weekend, Chris Baio offers a glimpse into the inner groove that fuels him with his solo debut “The Names.”
The Arcade Fire frontman blames poor PR skills and major label involvement.
The group’s sophomore album is out on October 16.
Battles multi-instrumentalist—and art director—Dave Konopka tells us about the inspiration behind his band’s iconic album covers, including the new “La Di Da Di.”
Catch the electro-pop artist on the road this fall.
Hold your horses, Internet trolls.
Nick will kick things old-school starting this October.
The album features Vashti Bunyan, Harry Nilsson, Nina Simone, Woody Guthrie, Jerry Garcia, Shel Silverstein, Kermit the Frog, and more.
The LA-based musician’s second EP is due out later this year.
The message is clear: don’t do drugs, kids.
Holter’s fourth LP “Have You In My Wilderness” is out September 25 on Domino.
Rumor sparked by a £15,000 wager from unknown source. [Nope, the bet was wrong. It’s Sam Smith.]
But unfortunately, like a car chase, most of the twenty songs on “Invite the Light” begin with the promise of excitement, but eventually succumb to their own aimlessness and ultimately go nowhere.
The actress and musician will be interviewed by Questlove, Dave Eggers, and Amy Poehler, among others, in support of her new memoir “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl”
She premiered the instrument during her appearance with Taylor Swift at the Staples Center in LA earlier this week.
The song was written in response to their native country’s unrest during last year’s World Cup.