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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Hotline TNT, Raspberry Moon
Will Anderson’s debut with a full band exhibits his fondness for crunchy shoegaze while incorporating a stripped-down, folk-referencing sound tinged with melancholic guitar.
Yaya Bey, Do It Afraid
In its 18 brief, blipping songs, the Brooklyn neo-soul artist’s latest venture into old-school rap, acid jazz, soca, and trip-dub is closer to a groove mixtape than a cohesive album.
HAIM, I Quit
The sister trio’s fourth full-length is a summer breakup concept record that’s intimate, powerful, and too scattered within its catharsis.
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Neighborhoods
Watch Durry Perform “Bubble of My Gum” in Burnsville, Minnesota for “Neighborhoods”
The sibling duo brave the winter cold to play through the track from their recent Suburban Legend LP in their backyard.
January 23, 2024
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Yard Act
The Leeds-based post-punks closed out 2023 with a brief set of dates in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Japan—which they documented for us in photos.
January 23, 2024
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Nashville’s Abortion Access Benefit with Soccer Mommy, MSPAINT, Upchuck, and More
Wombo, Crystal Egg, Brian Brown, Mali Velasquez, and Sewing Club also played the sold-out reproductive-justice benefitting event at DRKMTTR, with Total Wife, DJ Loveless, and Snõõper providing DJ sets.
January 22, 2024
FLOOD FM
Join The Vaccines All Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
On the heels of releasing their sixth LP Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations, the London post-punks spin Kate Bush, Dirty Projectors, and more.
January 22, 2024
Events
Coachella 2024 Full Lineup Revealed
And…No Doubt.
January 16, 2024
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Squid
The UK art-punks document their brief set of dates in Asia to close out a year of touring their second LP, O Monolith.
January 16, 2024
Neighborhoods
Watch Talk Show Perform “Gold” in Rainy London for “Neighborhoods”
The electro-rock four-piece play through the single from their forthcoming debut album Effigy in a beer garden in Hackney.
January 16, 2024
FLOOD FM
Join Tom Windish This Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
The veteran booking agent spins tracks by Nick Hakim, Stephen Sanchez, Arooj Aftab, and more.
January 16, 2024
Art & Culture
Tanya Donelly, Amanda Palmer, and Lydia Lunch Talk Combatting Sexism in Exclusive Excerpts from New Book “She’s a Badass”
Subtitled “Women in Rock Shaping Feminism,” Katherine Yeske Taylor’s book is out January 16 via Backbeat Books.
January 10, 2024
Neighborhoods
Watch Bathe Alone Play “Call Me Back” in Decatur, Georgia for “Neighborhoods”
Bailey Crone plays through the new single with her band before they head to SXSW in March.
January 09, 2024
FLOOD FM
Join Slowdive All Week on the Year’s First Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
The band kicks off 2024 for us with a takeover featuring Drab Majesty, Nation of Language, Cocteau Twins, and more.
January 08, 2024
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Mandy, Indiana
The Manchester-based dance-punk collective shares photo highlights from their brief set of December dates here in the US.
January 03, 2024
Neighborhoods
Watch Hannah Marks Perform in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park for “Neighborhoods”
Joined by vocalist Sarah Rossy and guitarist Jack Broza, the bassist plays the track “I’ll Ask Anyway” from her debut record Outsider, Outlier on a sunny day in New York City.
January 02, 2024
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: The Best of 2023
40 of our favorite live shots from the year including boygenius, Arctic Monkeys, Weyes Blood, The Cure, Kendrick Lamar, Turnstile, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more.
December 28, 2023
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
Peggy Gou
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
Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Zachary Gray, Jack Grange, Shervin Lainez, Steve Gullick, Gunner Stahl, Toby Leveson
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
