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.
The Locust, The Peel Sessions [Reissue]
Recorded in 2001, originally released in 2010, and newly remastered, there’s a bristling energy that runs through this EP that maximizes the weird terror of these 16 bursts of grindcore.
Mac Miller, Balloonerism
This unearthed material collects a cohesive set of world-weary character studies examining the slippery slide of self-medication—even if it’s only an interpretation of the late artist’s vision.
Frank Black, Teenager of the Year [30th Anniversary Edition]
Bolder, weirder, and less Pixies-like than his solo debut, this vast collection of contagious pop vibes and oddball character studies remains Black Francis’ finest musical moment on his own.
Jane Lai
The Chicago-based songwriter’s debut collection of songs pair perfectly like ginger and garlic in oil, stewing a culmination of flavors that emerge.
Samia maintains a distinct harmonization and strong narratives which lend themselves to the release’s biggest highlights.
Alex Montenegro’s soft pop with a smidge of twang is a refreshing fusion of genres that proves the artist’s malleability.
Madeline Johnston’s third album explores what it means to be lonely and loud simultaneously within a world crumbling around us.
2nd Grade adds new twists and turns to their 2018 debut while maintaining their sincere and fun power-pop packaging.
The band’s sophomore album balances a pop-punk grit with the complication of heartbreak.
The NY duo succeeds at revamping overworked pop songs by accenting a spin of straight-from-the-heart sincerity.
The group’s remastered 2011 LP arrives with 4 bonus tracks, new artwork, and plenty of nostalgia.
The Philly punks’ latest resurrects simmering ’90s punk on their five-track EP, which covers plenty of ground.
Mia Joy Rocha’s debut set of dirges sprinkled with honeyed lullabies are sure to drop you into an unexpected dreamscape.