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.
Tsunami, Loud Is As
This five-LP set spotlights how singular the slacker-rockers were as songwriters and offbeat vocal harmonists while putting their out-of-print catalog back into the world where it belongs.
Fazerdaze, Soft Power
Dream-pop songwriter Amelia Murray returns seven years after her debut with a newfound confidence and a conscious effort to loudly reclaim her best years.
Venus Twins, /\/\/\/\/
Juxtaposing a love of sewing with 13 minutes of whiplash-inducing, eardrum-destroying atonal assaults, the Brooklyn duo’s latest EP is yet another confounding product of twin telepathy.
Dean Brandt
“A depiction of depression by aAron munson”
The video for the “High in Place” single was shot hours before the November election.
From March’s “Opposites.”
“Olden Goldies” is out May 5 via BUFU.
The “Modern Pressure” cut gets a clip of its own.
From May’s “II.”
The LA digi-psych duo’s POW debut will drop later this year.
And a very funky Friday to you.
Recorded on the remote island of Ukerewe, in Lake Victoria.
The Dry Food cut gets its day in the sun.
None about buildings or food, though.
The cut from the Wand frontman’s solo record gets its own video.
Continuing the surprisingly rich tradition of musical excellence in Panola County, Mississippi.
From “Kidal,” the band’s forthcoming LP.
The “Weirdo Shrines” cut shimmers in the daylight.
From his forthcoming Dead Oceans debut.
The SF punks channel no-wave aggression.
The audio engineer known for her work with St. Vincent steps out from behind the boards.
From the duo’s excellent collaborative album “Music To Draw To: Satellite.”
Plus: the Oregon festival reveals the first wave of names for this year’s get-down.