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.
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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
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The Los Angeles Issue
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Midlake, A Bridge to Far
The Denton folk-rockers’ second album since returning from a hiatus flits effortlessly between psychedelic rock, folk, and hazy jazz as Eric Pulido continues to steer the ship forward.
Khruangbin, The Universe Smiles Upon You ii
Recorded on the 10th anniversary of their debut, the trio forgoes reliving past glories in favor of quietly ruminating on what’s gone on between these two points, detonating everything in sight.
Saintseneca, Highwallow & Supermoon Songs
The cosmic Ohio band’s sprawling fifth album represents the best of the late-’00s indie-folk scene, with Zac Little proving that he very much earns his suspenders.
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Teenage Fanclub, “Endless Arcade”
The group’s 11th album is an agreeable, yet predictable, verse-chorus rock album with plenty of pop accoutrements.
April 27, 2021
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The Antlers, “Green to Gold”
The Brooklyn trio’s sixth LP is an elegant metamorphosis for a group that seemed crystallized within its mid-’00s indie-rock styles.
March 23, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn and Franz Nicolay on Rock Music for Endless Days
Finn and Nicolay talk reveling in the six-piece setup, their passion for live residencies, and 8th album “Open Door Policy.”
February 17, 2021
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, “New Fragility”
“New Fragility” builds up a better framework for CYHSY as an Alec Ounsworth solo project.
February 09, 2021
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The Weather Station, “Ignorance”
The latest, truly masterful statement from Tamara Lindeman blooms beyond her Americana roots.
February 02, 2021
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The Smashing Pumpkins, “CYR”
Much of the Pumpkins’ overstuffed 11th album is merely a faded approximation of ’90s rock.
December 10, 2020
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Calexico, “Seasonal Shift”
The constant theme on Calexico’s new holiday album is friends and family celebrating the good times.
December 09, 2020
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Future Islands, “As Long As You Are”
The group’s sixth album is a long exhale after the excited breathing and bare-chested songcraft heard on their last three records.
October 26, 2020
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Sufjan Stevens, “The Ascension”
“The Ascension” is an unrelenting release that asks a lot of its listeners, but it gives back plenty as well.
September 22, 2020
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The Killers, “Imploding the Mirage”
The band’s sixth album sounds like a bigger, hi-fidelity bite of the “Sam’s Town” apple.
August 20, 2020
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Soccer Mommy, “Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series”
Sophie Allison follows up “color theory” with a compilation featuring Jay Som, SASAMI, and more.
July 08, 2020
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Norah Jones, “Pick Me Up Off the Floor”
The piano is the torch guiding Jones through the darkness on her eighth solo album.
June 15, 2020
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Moses Sumney, “græ”
Sumney brings shards of art rock, R&B, classical, electronic, jazz, and soul into one beautiful piece of musical kintsugi.
May 13, 2020
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Thundercat, “It Is What It Is”
Thundercat continues to alchemize his inimitable style as a honeyed singer, whipsmart producer, and lithe bassist.
March 31, 2020
You Do It To Yourself: Radiohead’s “The Bends” at 25 Years
A track-by-track ranking of the album that made me realize it was OK to be anxious.
March 12, 2020
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TORRES, “Silver Tongue”
Mackenzie Scott has always been a sharp and economical lyricist with a variety of personas at her disposal.
January 28, 2020
Film + TV
“Knives Out” Collaborators Rian and Nathan Johnson on Powering a Modern Whodunit
The cousins discuss inverting genre tropes, their first embarrassing movie, and the evergreen influence of “Columbo.”
December 02, 2019
William Tyler // Modern Country
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William Tyler, “Modern Country”
The Nashville guitarist continues his streak as an accomplished folk storyteller with or without words.
June 08, 2016
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Various Artists, “Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music” (Numero Group)
The Numero Group focuses its lens on the pivotal country music made between 1969 and 1980, when many smaller musicians were directly inspired by Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers.
March 29, 2016
2016. La Sera, “Music for Listening to Music to”
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La Sera, “Music for Listening to Music To”
This isn’t Music Appreciation 101.
March 04, 2016
