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.
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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
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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.
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PREMIERE: Precious Kid Wonders “Was It Worth the Love Song” in Video
The Orange County duo dial it back another decade in their latest video.
July 26, 2018
PREMIERE: Alex Cameron Croons “Mongrel” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions
The absurdist Aussie and his trusted saxophonist strip down a track off Cameron’s debut.
July 06, 2018
PREMIERE: Bryce Vine Is “On the Ball” in Music Video for Original Tracks
Come for a flask of Henny, stay for the psychedelic vibes.
June 28, 2018
PREMIERE: Valley Queen Are Finally Feeling Right on “Ride”
Natalie Carol and company spread out on the fourth single released from their upcoming Supergiant LP.
June 27, 2018
PREMIERE: Black Milk & Nat Turner Strike Back on “Rebel” and “Story & Her” for Pickathon Slab Sessions
The Detroit emcee and his DC cohorts hit the Slab with a pair of jazz-laced beats to match Milk’s singular, insouciant flow.
May 04, 2018
PREMIERE: Family of the Year Finds Release on “Let Her Go” for Original Tracks
Whether you’ve been following the band since 2009’s Songbook or you fell for their lilting melodies as one of the…
April 10, 2018
PREMIERE: Jay Som Rips Up “Baybee” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions
The LA-based songwriter brings her band to Oregon for an upbeat performance of the sunny single.
April 05, 2018
Ghost Note (Photo by Todd Cooper)
PREMIERE: Ghost-Note Whip Up the Perfect “Milkshake” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions
The Grammy-winning percussion duo crams an entire set’s worth of energy into five minutes with the help of some friends.
March 05, 2018
PREMIERE: Ladytron Returns with Synthpop Single “The Animals”
The British electronic band is back after seven years with a song about the beast within us all.
February 28, 2018
PREMIERE: Chromeo Get “Jealous” for Original Tracks
The Canadian funktronica duo resurrects their catchy 2014 single for a passionate in-studio performance.
January 09, 2018
PREMIERE: Saro Comes of Age on “Boy Afraid”
The title track from the LA-based neo-R&B singer’s forthcoming EP is as woozy as it is danceable.
December 07, 2017
PREMIERE: iLoveMakonnen Strips Down “Tuesday” for Original Tracks
The LA R&B star goes Drake-less on an intimate performance of his 2014 smash.
November 20, 2017
PREMIERE: Chromeo Dish Out the “Juice” Video
It’s the first single from Dave 1 and P-Thugg’s upcoming fifth LP Head Over Heels.
November 07, 2017
PREMIERE: La Bouquet Break Taboos in “Kiss Me Kill Me” Video
The LA duo experiment with dated technology to roll in their new EP, Heavy Sunshine.
November 01, 2017
PREMIERE: Sweet Spirit Reach for “Salvation” in the New Season of Pickathon’s Slab Sessions
Kicking off the new batch of Happy Valley live performances with a bang.
October 24, 2017
PREMIERE: Rob Grote of The Districts Covers Neil Young for Original Tracks
As well as “Ordinary Day,” from “Popular Manipulations.”
October 10, 2017
photo by Antje Taiga Jandrig
PREMIERE: múm’s Gyda Valdysdóttir Reimagines Schubert’s “Opus 100”
Epicycle finds her taking on classical pieces from throughout history.
October 04, 2017
PREMIERE: Maston Tours Mid-Century Film Scores in “Rain Dance”
The Allah-Las/Jacco Gardner associate gets kosmiche.
October 04, 2017
photo by Chona Kassinger
PREMIERE: Silver Torches Hit the Old Dusty Trail in “If I Reach” Video
The touring member of Perfume Genius sets his song to simmer.
October 02, 2017
photo by Jaclyn Campanaro
PREMIERE: Dave Depper Offers a Requiem for “Summer Days” in New Video
The Death Cab for Cutie sideman demonstrates his “Emotional Freedom Technique.”
September 26, 2017
