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

Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

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.
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Ice Choir “Pure Holiday” crop
There’s only so many times you can spin Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas (JK—it’s the gift that keeps on giving), so…

The Lego Movie header
The Lego Movie is loud, brash, and packed shamelessly with pop culture references that lean toward people who grew up…

2014. “Better Call Saul” trailer screenshot
Better Call Saul’s publicity rollout has been both peculiar and awesome so far, but as the show’s premiere quickly approaches, it…

As the train chugs up to the Utrecht station, they begin appearing by the thousands. Bikes. Multi-tiered racks burst at…

Yeah Yeahs Yeahs / credit: Josh Wildman
In the wake of her debut solo album Love Songs, Karen O recently spoke with NME about the future of…

St. Vincent / photo by Suzanne Cordeiro
The Black Keys and St. Vincent have made for one unlikely but electrifying touring duo this year, and their Austin show at the Frank Erwin Center was no exception to their respective reputations as top-notch live performers.

Since 2008, Zach Galifianakis has been asking A-list celebrities the tough questions that other talk show hosts are too scared…

SNL Dr. Evil appearance Mike Myers
After more than twelve years of hiding, Dr. Evil stepped out this weekend (presumably from his underground lair) in order…

2014. Joe Cocker press photo
Joe Cocker has passed away, Sony Music confirms. He was most famous for his inimitable gravelly, soulful voice. The singer succumbed to small…

Willett Distillery bourbon barrels
Yes indeed-y, it’s a bold statement that this Willett baby rye is among the best to come from the river of…

Snowpiecer screenshot
If you haven’t seen (or, ugh, even heard of) this dystopian masterpiece, you can hardly be blamed. In addition to…

Game of Thrones Dany season 4 / photo by Macall B. Poloy/HBO
In all honesty, writing a brief, succinct, and informative rundown of why Game of Thrones was some of the best…

The War on Drugs / 2014 / photo by Dusdin Condren
On The War on Drugs’ third longplayer, frontman Adam Granduciel is a travelin’ man. Whether escaping some domestic restraint for…

Screenshot from Pink Floyd’s “Live in Pompeii”
A look back on some of the defining moments in music history, played on the Stratocaster.

The Evil Within video games
In The Evil Within, the latest game from Resident Evil designer/creator Shinji Mikami, police detective Sebastian Castellanos investigates a brutal mass murder…

Run the Jewels / 2014 / photo by Vic Michael
There’s no hotter rap duo on the planet right now than Jamie and Mike, and this second Run The Jewels…

Second by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Bryan Lee O’Malley is most famous for his six-volume set about slacker superhero Scott Pilgrim, and it’s been four long…

2014. St. Vincent, “Birth In Reverse” video still
Like an uninhibited toast at the end of the night, St. Vincent is bookending her long and fruitful 2014 with a mesmerizing…

True Detective season one / credit: James Bridges/HBO
Two stars, somewhat removed from the A-list place at the table they had enjoyed for most of the past two…

Shabazz Palaces / 2014 / credit: Patrick O’Brien-Smith
The best way I could describe Lese Majesty, and what makes Shabazz Palaces so special, is a line from their…