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: Cold Showers Clear Up in “Shine” Video
The LA darkwave trio get a little brighter for the second single on the group’s forthcoming “Motionless.”
April 18, 2019
PREMIERE: Juan Wauters Is Just a Man on the Street in “El Hombre de la Calle” Video
The Uruguayan songwriter introduces Juan Pablo, among other identities, in the new video.
April 16, 2019
Film + TV
WATCH: Open Mike Eagle Gives Us a Preview of “The New Negroes” with “Unfiltered” Video
The new OME track arrives with an “Office Space”–esque video and dizzying Danny Brown verses—not to mention an entire TV series.
April 15, 2019
Naia Izumi Gets a Premium Wash in “Soft Spoken” Video for Original Tracks
The soulful LA songwriter announces his signing to Sony Music Masterworks with an OT video.
April 02, 2019
PREMIERE: Uncle Meg Honors World Bipolar Day with “Take Me Away” Video
The Brooklyn-based trans rapper shares the first single from his new EP, “Butterfly,” with a body-conscious video.
March 30, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Mdou Moctar Shares His Van Tunes
The Nigerian guitarist celebrates the release day of his first studio album with nine songs that have soundtracked his current North American tour.
March 29, 2019
WATCH: Cate Le Bon Explores the Welsh Coastline in “Daylight Matters” Video
The first single from “Reward” gets a unique video treatment.
March 28, 2019
PREMIERE: Diane Coffee Confronts Denial on “Like a Child Does”
The Bloomington songwriter shares the second single from his digitized third album.
March 27, 2019
PREMIERE: The Wild Reeds Share Fellini-esque Video for “Lose My Mind”
On the heels of the release of their third album, the LA collective gets dreamy in the video for the record’s first single.
March 26, 2019
TV EYE: PUP Were on Television
The Toronto punks brought their morbid stuff to the “Late Night with Seth Meyers” stage.
March 21, 2019
PREMIERE: Unwed Sailor Offer a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Twenty Years of Indie Rock in “Ovid” Video
Members of Fleet Foxes, Pedro the Lion, Manchester Orchestra, and more populate the unearthed Super-8 footage for the Johnathon Ford project’s first release in a decade.
March 21, 2019
PREMIERE: Disasterpeace Shares “Dracula’s Code” from “Under the Silver Lake” Soundtrack
The collaboration with director David Robert Mitchell follows their 2014 horror partnership on “It Follows.”
March 18, 2019
LISTEN: La Dispute Shares Early Stream of “Panorama” Via Immersive Desktop Game
Pay what you want for the visual album—all proceeds go to LGBTQ youth suicide prevention non-profit The Trevor Project.
March 14, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Nanami Ozone Break Down Their Influences on “NO”
Prior to releasing their sophomore record, the Phoenix noise pop band walked us through the thirteen tracks that inspired it.
March 13, 2019
Illuminati Hotties Get Honest on “I Wanna Keep Yr Dog”
Before taking the stage at FLOODfest, the “tenderpunk” outfit share a relatable single about love at first pet.
March 05, 2019
HEALTH Stay Busy with New “GTA Online: Arena War” Soundtrack
For their third collaboration with Rockstar Games, the LA noise trio soundtrack vehicular combat.
March 01, 2019
PREMIERE: Potty Mouth Fights a “Liar” in New Video
On “SNAFU”’s release day, the garage rock trio take down the man in colorful video.
March 01, 2019
PREMIERE: Jnr. Williams Says “A Prayer” in Acoustic Video
The R&B-focused songwriter preps for the release of his debut EP next Friday.
March 01, 2019
Nothing Covers Grouper, Announces B-Side Collection
“Spirit of the Stairs” drops next Wednesday via Relapse.
February 28, 2019
Hey Swans, What Is This?
The no-wave holdouts tease new music with cryptic video, acoustic demos, and unique crowdfunding campaign.
February 28, 2019
