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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Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.
Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.
Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
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Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas Shares Love Advice Alongside A. G. Cook Remix of “Describe”
Break up with your boyfriend if he has a violent cat named Ethel…or wait it out, who knows.
March 03, 2021
girl in red Makes Intrusive Thoughts a Little Less Terrifying With “Serotonin”
The Norwegian singer-songwriter is dropping her debut album “if I could make it go quiet” on April 30.
March 03, 2021
Japanese Breakfast Announces New Album, Searches for a Reason to Believe on “Be Sweet”
“Jubilee” is out June 4 via Dead Oceans.
March 02, 2021
Pom Pom Squad Conjure the Wrath of Lux Lisbon from “Virgin Suicides” on “LUX”
The Brooklyn four-piece also announced today they’ve signed to City Slang Records.
March 02, 2021
Dorothea Paas Has a Tense Breakthrough on “Anything Can’t Happen”
It happens to be the first single and title track of Paas’ forthcoming debut album out May 7.
March 02, 2021
Solange’s Stunning “When I Get Home” Film Gets a Director’s Cut
The Criterion Channel is hosting an exclusive stream for the film’s second anniversary.
March 01, 2021
D’Angelo / photo by Rozette Rago
D’Angelo Spread Love and Performed a New Song on His Verzuz
He also invited Method Man, Redman, and H.E.R. to his stream filmed at the historic Apollo Theater.
March 01, 2021
Mara Connor Gives Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame” a Lynchian Treatment
Today marks the late rock ’n’ roll pioneer’s 93rd birthday.
February 26, 2021
Tinashe Casts a New Spell on Her Cover of “I’m Every Woman”
The TOKiMONSTA-produced track is Tinashe’s contribution to “Black History Always – Music for the Movement Vol. II.”
February 26, 2021
Vic Mensa Performs Fierce Medley on “Colbert,” Details Next Project “I TAPE”
Both “SHELTER” and “FR33Dom” are from the EP out March 26.
February 26, 2021
Track by Track
From Freud to Zombie Sharks, Geneva Jacuzzi Discusses “Lamaze” for Its Reissue
The avant-garde pop polymath looks back on her 2010 album.
February 26, 2021
Helado Negro Gives David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision” a Sublime Treatment
The cover comes from BBE Music’s “Modern Love: A David Bowie Tribute Album,” out May 28.
February 25, 2021
There’s a New Bachelor in Town (It’s Jay Som and Palehound’s Band)
Melina Duterte and Ellen Kempner release their first single together, “Anything at All,” via Polyvinyl.
February 25, 2021
Sessa’s “Grandeza” Gets A Vibrant, Psychedelic Visual Treatment
São Paulo artist Rollinos and Lisbon/NYC illustrator Bráulio Amado get trippy with the music video’s animation.
February 24, 2021
On Half Waif’s New Track “Party’s Over,” It’s OK to Not Be Invited
The artist shares a video for the single, which appear on a new 7-inch out today via ANTI- Records.
February 24, 2021
Hear the First Track From the Lost Alan Vega Album “Mutator”
“Nike Soldier” is the first single from the posthumous album slated to be released April 23 via Sacred Bones.
February 24, 2021
Pussy Riot Collaborate with Dorian Electra and 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady on “TOXIC”
The overwhelming single is from Pussy Riot’s forthcoming EP, which is expected this spring.
February 23, 2021
Shamir Shares Fantastic Cover of Billie Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes”
It’s his first release since his self-titled album, which dropped last October.
February 23, 2021
Best Move Battle Growing Pains on “Forgotten Bloom”
The debut single from the Sacramento-based trio focuses on the unnerving expectations of managing the future.
February 23, 2021
Toro Y Moi Celebrates 10 Years of “Underneath the Pine”
Chazwick Bundick is honoring the breakthrough album with limited edition merch and an instrumental version of the record.
February 22, 2021
