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.
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MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
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Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.
yeule, Evangelic Girl Is a Gun
The London-via-Singapore alt-pop songwriter continues to experiment on their fifth album, with the heaviest and weirdest moments also feeling the most authentic and energizing.
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Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best Films of 2023
10 movies that feel bolder with every repeat viewing.
December 20, 2023
Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best TV of 2023
10 series that continued to push the medium forward.
December 19, 2023
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FLOOD FM
Announcing FLOOD FM’s 50 Most Played Tracks of 2023
From Peggy Gou and OPN to Yard Act and Arlo Parks, here are the songs we couldn’t stop spinning over the past 12 months.
December 18, 2023
Staff Picks
The Best Songs of 2023
From bold and cathartic statements of newfound independence to unapologetic anthems for a one-weekend stand, here are the 10 most inventive tracks we heard in 2023.
December 14, 2023
FLOOD FM
Tune in for FLOOD FM’s Second Annual “Cool Yule Xmas” Radio Special
The special programming of eclectic holiday hits spanning indie, punk, hip-hop, and beyond kicks off this Sunday, December 17, and runs through the rest of the year only on FLOOD FM.
December 14, 2023
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Staff Picks
The Best Albums of 2023
From rap to pop to R&B to punk, this year was defined by a lack of homogeneity.
December 12, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Richie Quake Perform at Brooklyn’s Pratt Playground for “Neighborhoods”
The NYC-based songwriter gives an evening performance of “Tree” from his newly released sophomore LP Dog.
December 12, 2023
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FLOOD FM
FLOOD FM Celebrates 28 Years of Popscene All Week with “Top 28 Britpop Bangers” Radio Special
In honor of the San Francisco live music institution, Aaron Axelsen will be spinning two consecutive hours of Britpop hits released between 1995 and 2008 three times daily.
December 11, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Modern Nature’s Jack Cooper Perform in a Garden in Cambridge, UK for “Neighborhoods”
The songwriter strums through “Tonic” from his recent LP No Fixed Point in Space, out now via Bella Union.
December 05, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Slowshift Play Two Songs at the Munch Museum in Bjørvika for “Neighborhoods: Oslo”
The Of Monsters and Men offshoot performs “Every Kind of L” and “EndUp” with a 16-piece string orchestra for our special series shot around the city’s annual Øya Festival.
November 30, 2023
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Liz Phair and Blondshell at Ryman Auditorium
The Exile in Guyville 30th anniversary tour landed at the historic Nashville venue this week.
November 28, 2023
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Ms. Lauryn Hill at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
Despite canceling the remainder of the tour, Ms. Hill and the Fugees brought the Miseducation 25th Anniversary show to the City of Brotherly Love this week.
November 28, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Husbands Perform a Chilly Halloween Set in Kansas City, Missouri for “Neighborhoods”
The OKC-based indie rockers play through “Old Town” from their latest LP Cuatro, out now via Thirty Tigers.
November 28, 2023
FLOOD FM
Join Metric This Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
With their latest LP Formentera II out now, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw spin favorites from their indie-rock contemporaries.
November 27, 2023
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Black Midi at The Wiltern
The British avant-prog trio brought their “Eras Tour” to Los Angeles last week.
November 27, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Mermaid Perform Two Tracks in Their Backyard in Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”
After releasing their debut album Iridescence last Friday, Brittany Campbell and Candace Quarrels play through “Find Me” and “Boundaries” in Highland Park.
November 21, 2023
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Darker Waves with Devo, New Order, OMD, and More
Tears for Fears, Soft Cell, The Human League, The B-52’s, and more from the inaugural new wave and goth festival in Huntington Beach, CA.
November 20, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Survival Guide Perform in a Dried-Up Creek Bed in Blanco, Texas for “Neighborhoods”
Emily Whitehurst plays “Blood Perfume” and “Lady Neptune” from her new LP deathdreams.
November 17, 2023
In the Kitchen
In the Kitchen with SadGirl
With the SoCal surf-pop group in the midst of celebrating a decade of existence, Misha Lindes walks us through his recipe for his world-famous chili.
November 15, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Dessa Perform “Blush” at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota for “Neighborhoods”
The singer/rapper’s latest record Bury the Lede is out now via Doomtree.
November 14, 2023
