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.
Laura Studarus
The cult pop star loves traveling, and says it has shaped both how she looks at the world and at herself.
We had a brief catch-up with the Australian band at Spain’s Bilbao BBK fest.
Between recording + touring their recent album, the SoCal rockers search for long-term solutions to managing waste.
Inspired by this year’s lineup at Secret Solstice in Reykjavík, we spoke to some of the local scene’s unsung heroes.
Nothing but respect for our queen.
Talking cycling, soccer, and art with the SoCal indie rockers.
These lens jockeys are skilled at snapping musicians in the thick of a show.
Valentine’s Day is a time for love—but more importantly, a time for candy.
The forces that kept Estonia enclosed on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain are laid out in startling detail.
The songwriter opens up about the role fate played in his band’s new record (just don’t ask him its release date).
Sophie Allison talks fate, knowing your angles, and what you can’t learn in school.
Working with Ryan Adams and Beck, Lewis has a new album almost ready to release. But for now, let’s talk spirit animals.
The moment the Life Aquatic–inspired dish is delivered, Sigur Rós’ “Starálfur” begins playing.
The Icelandic Punk Museum features a sizable collection of Nordic punk history dating from the late ’70s to early ’90s.
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal exhibit commemorates Cohen with mixed-media installations ranging from a replication of the artist’s work space to interactive Wurlitzers.
Taking a tour through the lights that shined through a regime.
You can check out anytime you like, but—well, you know the rest.
Looking back at the unlikely history of the Beastie Boys–affiliated clothing line.
Passes? Check. Everything else? Not so fast.
To the Five Freeway.