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.
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Aminé, 13 Months of Sunshine
The emcee’s third solo album blends house, hip-hop, and the East African sun to give listeners a deeply personal look at the journeyman rapper’s Eritrean-Ethiopian heritage.
Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Their first new album in fifteen years spins on an axis of subtly infectious refrains and gently askew rhythms—it’s avant-garde art-pop as something radically old yet experimentally new.
Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.
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Shalom’s “Soccer Mommy” Is an Ode to Music That Makes Us Feel Stronger
Her debut album Sublimation is out March 10 via Saddle Creek.
February 07, 2023
On Her Latest Single, Kelela Asks If You’re Tough “Enough for Love”
It’s the fifth and final single ahead of the release of RAVEN, out this Friday via Warp.
February 07, 2023
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Share Technicolored Video for “Blacktop,” Announce 2023 US Tour
Kicking off in May and running through mid-June, select dates will feature Perfume Genius and The Faint.
February 07, 2023
The 2023 GRAMMYs Pushed the Rebels to the Front
Last night’s award show was a celebration of genres trailblazed by minority voices—with many of those voices finally getting their dues.
February 06, 2023
Terrace Martin Teams Up with Channel Tres on New Single “Chucks”
Per Martin, the track is “a sonic picture that represents New Los Angeles.”
February 02, 2023
Circuit Des Yeux Shares a Powerful Cover of Lucinda Williams’ “Fruits of My Labor” for Sounds of Saving
Haley Fohr first fell in love with the song on tour opening for Julia Holter in 2013.
February 02, 2023
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Announce New LP, Share Plea for Escape with “Layla”
V is out March 17 via Jagjaguwar.
February 02, 2023
Maya Hawke Is Using Her “Tactless” Tour to Support Reproductive Rights
The artist is teaming up with Propeller to support non-profits such as Planned Parenthood, Noise For Now, and Keep Our Clinics while on the road.
February 01, 2023
Debby Friday’s “I GOT IT” Is a Single for Raving Amongst the Rats
It’s the second single from her forthcoming Sub Pop debut GOOD LUCK that’s out March 24.
February 01, 2023
Westerman’s New Single “CSI: Petralona” Warmly Cups the Ears
The track announces his sophomore album An Inbuilt Fault that’s out May 5 via Partisan.
February 01, 2023
Petite Noir Announces New LP with Forward-Looking Single “Blurry” Featuring Sampa the Great
MotherFather, his first album in nearly eight years, is out April 14 via Roya.
February 01, 2023
Forget Acrylics, Caroline Polachek Paints with “Blood and Butter” on New Single
Polachek also revealed the final tracklist for her new album, with one track featuring Grimes and Dido.
January 31, 2023
Death Cab for Cutie Announce Acoustic Version of “Asphalt Meadows,” Share Tribute to Low’s Mimi Parker
The group revealed a cover of Low’s “The Plan” along with the acoustic version of “Pepper” from the LP arriving March 10.
January 31, 2023
Grace Inspace Is Looking to Better Days on New Single
“Good Days” is the latest single from the LA-born, London-raised musician.
January 27, 2023
Bodywash’s “Massif Central” Is an Anthem of Solidarity for Anyone Whisked Into the Bureaucratic Abyss
The Montreal shoegaze duo’s new album I Held the Shape While I Could is out April 14 via Light Organ Records.
January 26, 2023
Caribou
Movement Festival Teases 2023 Lineup with Partial Reveal, Including Caribou, Charlotte de Witte, and Underworld
The fest returns to downtown Detroit on the weekend of May 27.
January 26, 2023
Fever Ray Finds Inspiration in an Old The Knife Single for New Track “Kandy”
It’s the third single from their upcoming album Radical Romantics, out March 10.
January 25, 2023
Yours Are the Only Ears Reckon with Short-Lived Fantasies and Hard Realities on “Dreamer”
The follow-up to 2018’s Knock Hard is out March 24 via Lame-O.
January 25, 2023
First Listen
Free Range Expose How Memory Loss Leads to a Lost Sense of Self on “Growing Away”
Their debut album Practice is out February 17 via Mick Music.
January 25, 2023
slowthai Announces “UGLY” Release Date, Wrestles with Thinking for Himself on “Selfish”
The March 3 release date was announced alongside a livestream of the rapper spending time by himself in a room.
January 25, 2023
