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.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, The Purple Bird
Created in tribute to his friendship with producer Dave Ferguson, the youthful energy they channel together works well for a no-frills country record that gets so much done with so little.
Kathryn Mohr, Waiting Room
Constricting yet chillingly spacious, the atmosphere of this debut is guided by the achingly human tremble in Mohr’s voice and the tangible weariness of her minimal use of guitar and synth.
Pink Siifu, Black’!Antique
On his sprawling fourth solo release, the rapper, producer, and post-soul provocateur—along with his coterie of collaborators—achieves something both memorably melodic and weirdly wired.
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.