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.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard, Neptunes
Each track on the electronic composer and Hot Chip leader’s debut EP together has a unique rhythmic texture, with the constant theme being a wall of bass that transports you to a celestial space.
New Order, Brotherhood [Definitive Edition]
With one side dedicated to icy compu-disco and the other tied to the band’s beyond-punk origin story, this expanded reissue brings new order to the 1986 curio with live recordings, remixes, and more.
Father John Misty, Mahashmashana
Josh Tillman focuses his lens on death on his darkly comedic sixth album as eclectic instrumentation continues to buttress his folky chamber pop beyond ’70s pastiche.
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.