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.
Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue
Prince & The Revolution, Around the World in a Day [40th Anniversary Edition]
Besides its crystal-clear sound, the draw for this expanded singles collection is its curios such as the 22-minute “America” and Prince’s serpentine contribution to the We Are the World album.
La Luz, Extra! Extra!
Reworking tracks from 2024’s News of the Universe LP, Shana Cleveland emphasizes themes of change, non-determinism, and acceptance on an EP that aptly feels a little lonely.
The Durutti Column, The Return of The Durutti Column [45th Anniversary Edition]
This reissue of the art-rockers’ 1980 debut may not come with the sandpaper sleeve it had upon its initial release, yet that doesn’t make its haunting, all-instrumental music any less abrasive.
Dean Brandt
photo by Travis Button
Eric Biddines controls his flow over Paul White’s weirdo assemblage.
photo by Daniel Dorsa
Justin Wilcox and Jeffrey Silverstein’s guitars gently weep.
photo by Olivia Vale
The Texan is back with more woozy cosmic country from the edges.
It’s the North American premiere of the “Everything is Forgotten” clip.
New-wave thrash from Chicago.
photo by Lindsey Ross
From the forthcoming “Cold Spring.”
From last year’s “Pennied Days.”
photo by Kristin Cofer
“Miss Taken” is out June 30 via Castle Face.
photo by Nicole Mago
A virtuosic performance from Mary Beth Richardson.
The young Portland punk has more styles than Harry.
“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” is not a chip flavor. “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Falafel” almost is.
photo by Maxwell Lukas Gay
The Chicago rapper’s “The Boy Who Spoke to the Wind” is out June 23 via Mello Music Group.
photo by Divine Enfant
The Suicide instrumentalist releases his ninth solo LP, “Demolition 9,” on Friday.
“Rough Roads” is out now via Voodoo Doughnut Recordings.
Amateurs, GTFO.
photo by Tamas Bernath
Dark times call for dark music.
A long, long way from New York, Greta Kline and David Maine joined us for an acoustic version of the “Next Thing” track.
“Officer, I promise, it’s only milk.”
Brooklyn’s best new punks show their softer side.
From March’s “Bad Posture.”
