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.
Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More
On her solo debut, The Breeders band leader abandons sarcasm and lo-fi aesthetics in favor of florid arrangements that frame a far more sensitive side of the songwriter.
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.
Lily Moayeri
The artists, along with live stream platform founders, weigh in on balancing live music with streaming concerts, as well as the sense of community the latter has created around artists.
The UK trio’s vocalist shares the backstory behind their buoyant and unlikely third album.
The pair discuss their new gig as co-hosts for the KCRW staple after making their debut earlier this month.
Gore talks reading habits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and “The Third Chimpanzee.”
Help music-related organizations and other charities with great presents that support those in need.
Henry Binns on long-distance collaboration, adding Lou Stone to the mix, and continuing to write only for themselves.
Organizers of HeadCount, Rock the Vote, and other youth-empowering voter education groups—and some of the artists they work with—share how music continues to push for democracy.
We spoke with composer David Holmes from Unloved and music supervisor Catherine Grieves about the show’s killer soundtrack.
Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, and Heidi Holicker reunite to chat with the writer of the new musical adaptation
The series will include unheard tracks from River’s band Aleka’s Attic and others.
On the day Coachella 2020 should have been kicking off, here’s what we learned from the new documentary film.
A decade into their career together, Christian Zucconi and Hannah Hooper discuss family, origins, and recovery.
At 50, the French musician’s made his third solo album and lives contentedly in Paris, far away from the scene.
The English rocker on his sophomore solo album “Why Me? Why Not.” and doing things on his own terms.
The English expat talks her new album, alter egos, settling in LA, and giving back to the community.
An incidental enrollment in a performative poetry class led the Chicago artist to a career in music.
Jeff and Steve McDonald on “Beyond the Door” and keeping the party going for over forty years.
The Icelandic band’s frontwoman Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir on their new album and why they won’t move to America.
When she’s not touring behind her debut album, she’s eager to share her passion for music with younger generations.
The artist formerly known as Chet Faker balances solidarity and collaboration on his new LP, “Run Fast Sleep Naked.”