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.
Saint Etienne, The Night
Over 30 years after their debut, the Vaseline-lensed electro-pop trio still titillates without any consideration of boundaries as they continue their recent shift toward spectral-sounding gravitas.
Daft Punk, Discovery [Interstella 5555 Edition]
Reissued in honor of its complementary anime film’s 20th anniversary, the French house duo’s breakout LP feels like a time capsule for a brief period of pre-9/11 optimism.
The Coward Brothers, The Coward Brothers
Inspired by Christopher Guest’s recent radio play reviving Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett’s 1985 fictional band, this playful debut album proves that this inside joke still has legs.
Joshua Mellin
Glass Animals, yama, Banks, deca joins, Porter Robinson, and the sensory spectacle of the West Kowloon Cultural District’s annual three-day festival.
Plus Ice Spice, 21 Savage, Hozier, Sam Smith, and more from the “Coachella of Poland” in the beach town of Gdyni.
Plus Vince Staples, Troye Sivan, Slowdive, MØ, and more from the annual fest in Denmark’s City of Smiles, Aarhus.
Shots of Nick Cave, black midi, Bikini Kill, Sigrid, and more from Helsinki, Finland.
Olivia Rodrigo, IDLES, Jack White, HAIM, St. Vincent, and more from the iconic UK festival.
Highlights from the week-long Rhode Island fest, featuring Black Pumas, Waxahatchee, Yola, Julien Baker, and many more.
The Aussie singer rocked the legendary location inspo for Stephen King’s “The Shining.”
The band rolled into the Windy City for a foggy Father’s Day celebration.
The glam singer-songwriter took the stage in a sparkling sequin catsuit.
The seventeen-year-old singer easily sold out the spacious 18k-capacity arena.
Jack White and The Raconteurs played their first show in eight years.
On this leg of the “Tell Me How You Really Feel” tour, it was straight to the Land of the Rising Sun for the Aussie rocker.
In 1966, The Beatles weren’t greeted with the usual pandemonium in Tokyo—and since that time McCartney hasn’t exactly had a smooth relationship with the Japanese authorities himself. But Paul, ever the professional, has never been one to hold a grudge.
Settling into Northern Spain for a week, The xx shined a light on the city’s music, film, and arts scene with a series of shows and parties.