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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The 2021 Grammys Attempted To Make Amends, But Only Made the Ceremony Feel Less Significant
Go girl, give us nothing!
March 15, 2021
Harmony Woods Shares Bartees Strange–Produced Album “Graceful Rage”
The surprise album is the follow-up to 2019’s “Make Yourself at Home.”
March 12, 2021
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker Performs “Dragon Eyes” with a Paint Brush on “Jimmy Fallon”
Big Thief is nominated for two Grammys this year: Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.
March 12, 2021
On Her “Once Upon a Time” EP, CHIKA Spins Fairytales Into Reality
The Grammy-nominated musician releases the follow-up to 2020’s “Industry Games.”
March 12, 2021
Sophia Kennedy Recreates a Scene From “The Wolf of Wall Street” in Her “I Can See You” Video
The single is from her forthcoming album “Monsters,” out May 7.
March 11, 2021
Remember Sports’ “Materialistic” Speaks to the Oddity and Instinct of Sentimental Tokens
“Like a Stone” is out April 23 on Father/Daughter Records.
March 11, 2021
Grouplove Reimagines TV Test Pattern Bars on “Deadline”
The single is a precursor to their surprise album “This Is This,” out Friday.
March 10, 2021
Arcade Fire / photo by Andy Sawyer
Billie Eilish, Green Day, and Tame Impala to Headline Life Is Beautiful Festival
The festival is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas during September 17-19.
March 10, 2021
Courtney Barnett Launches Online Archive, Shares Last Full-Band Concert Footage
The massive archive includes live performances, tour posters, and her mom’s Excel tour spreadsheets.
March 10, 2021
Crumb Share an Eerie Award Season Anthem with “Trophy”
Their first single since their 2019 debut album “Jinx” arrives with a video.
March 10, 2021
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Shungudzo Warns to Protect our Energy on “There’s Only so Much a Soul Can Take”
“I’m not a Mother but I have Children” is out June 18.
March 10, 2021
Grammy-Nominated Artists Phoebe Bridgers and CHIKA Share New Spotify Singles
CHIKA takes on Billie Eilish, while Bridgers covers the late John Prine.
March 09, 2021
Lucy Dacus Reminds Us That Biological Ties Are Relative on “Thumbs”
Lucy Dacus is a really good friend. Please be my friend, Lucy.
March 09, 2021
On New Madrid’s “Queen for a Day,” Our Phones Unleash Informative and Maddening Power
The track arrives ahead of their self-titled album, out April 30 via Lemonade Records.
March 09, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: Blu DeTiger on How She Writes Love Letters To NYC with Her Bass
Her debut EP “How Did We Get Here” is out now.
March 08, 2021
Tasha Asks for a Warm Embrace on “Would You Mind Please Pulling Me Close?”
Inspired by her experience touring alone, the track feels incredibly potent in this difficult moment.
March 05, 2021
Hear the Enigmatic SOPHIE and Jlin Collaboration “JSLOIPNHIE”
The track arrives ahead of the compilation “Intermission,” dedicated to the late producer.
March 05, 2021
St. Vincent Details Sixth Album “Daddy’s Home,” Shares Video for First Single
Annie Clark discusses the album, which coincides with our current crumbling world, in a Twitter Q&A.
March 04, 2021
IAN SWEET Is at Her Most Visible on “Show Me How You Disappear”
Jilian Medford opens up about writing her third album while in an intensive therapy program and learning to be proud of her work.
March 04, 2021
Sharon Van Etten Announces Double LP Reissue and Covers Album for 2010’s “epic”
Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner’s take on “A Crime” is now streaming.
March 04, 2021
