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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Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums
This new box breaks down seven well-framed sets of sessions spanning 1983 to 2018, essentially designed as full-album capsules of mood previously deemed unfit for canonization.
Gelli Haha, Switcheroo
The songwriter’s debut is carefree, sleazy, fundamentally arresting dance music—a multi-sensory circus serving to wallpaper the halls of dance-pop history with neon, acid-tinged nonsense.
Wavves, Spun
The LA band’s eighth LP eschews distortion in favor of a cleaner pop-punk sound that both spotlights Nathan Williams’ songwriting chops and dulls the project’s compelling eccentricities.
Margaret Farrell
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Daft Punk’s Breakup Confirmed After Sharing Epilogue Video
Hopefully, like the legend of the phoenix, etc. etc.
February 22, 2021
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Katy Kirby, “Cool Dry Place”
Kirby’s debut gives us songs imbued with excitement in the unknown.
February 22, 2021
Questlove. ?uestlove.
Questlove Is Directing a Documentary About Sly Stone
“It goes beyond saying that Sly’s creative legacy is in my DNA.”
February 19, 2021
ELIO and Charli XCX Leave Pieces of Their Hearts Behind on “Charger” Remix
The 23-year-old pop singer enlists Charli for the first glimpse of her forthcoming remix EP.
February 19, 2021
Youth Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be on Kyler Slater’s “Lost My Mind”
Hear the first single from Slater’s forthcoming 9-track project.
February 19, 2021
Dollar Signs Spoil and Then Clash With Their Id on “B.O.M.B.S.”
This is their third single ahead of the release of “Hearts of Gold” out March 12 on Pure Noise.
February 17, 2021
SZA Talks Trees, Toxic Positivity, and New Music in “CBS This Morning” Interview
Following the release of “Good Days,” she’s teamed up with Tazo Tea and American Forests to combat climate change in BIPOC areas.
February 17, 2021
The Pink Stones Bury a Darker Sentiment on “Shiny Bone”
From their debut “Introducing…The Pink Stones,” out April 9 via Normaltown Records.
February 17, 2021
Oops!…It’s Happening Again: Netflix Working on a Britney Spears Doc
The news arrives on the heels of “New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears.”
February 16, 2021
Yung Yemi
Haviah Mighty Protects Her Energy On “Obeah”
This is the Toronto rapper’s second single of 2021.
February 12, 2021
Victoria Monét Saddles Up for Stunning “F.U.C.K.” Video
Following last year’s “Jaguar” LP, she takes us to the wild wild west.
February 12, 2021
Photo credit: Justin Brown
Whoever Broke Syd’s Heart Is Lame and “Missing Out,” as Proven by Her Latest Single
The Internet songwriter shares her first solo single since 2017’s “Fin.”
February 12, 2021
Sufjan Stevens Works with Luca Guadagnino for Abstract “Tell Me You Love Me” Video
Stevens earned an Oscar nom for his music featured in Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name.”
February 11, 2021
Revenge Wife’s Debut Single “Earthquake” Is a Heartbreak Soundtrack Fit for Jane Fonda
The lead single from the ex-HOLYCHILD songwriter’s debut EP arrives with an open letter from Elizabeth Nistico to herself.
February 11, 2021
Hear Cherry Glazerr’s Euphoric “Big Bang”
It’s the group’s latest single following 2019’s Stuffed & Ready.
February 11, 2021
Rebecca Black Drops “Friday” Remake with 100 gecs, Dorian Electra, Big Freedia & 3OH!3
Today is Wednesday, but it marks the tenth anniversary of the viral video.
February 10, 2021
Film + TV
Watch Cynthia Erivo Wear the Queen of Soul’s Crown in the “Genius: Aretha” Trailer
The eight-episode series airs March 26 via the National Geographic Channel.
February 09, 2021
Gabriel Garzón-Montano’s “Someone” Gets a New Shine with Remix by Armando Young and Jamila Woods
The track originally appeared on Garzón-Montano’s 2020 album “Agüita.”
February 09, 2021
On “Saturn,” Clever Girls Bargain with A Cosmic Force
The track arrives ahead of their forthcoming album “Constellations,” out March 26.
February 09, 2021
For This Year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, We Really Only Needed The Weeknd
The SBLV halftime show was an eerie representation of isolation and denial of death.
February 08, 2021
