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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Billie Marten, Dog Eared
The British indie-folk songwriter’s fifth album is aided by a full-band even in its most personal moments, as Marten reflects on indelible scenes from childhood as seen through adult eyes.
Flooding, Object 1
The Kansas City trio ushers in a new kind of tenderness with an EP running the gamut from slowcore to screamo, one that’s vulnerable and violent and completely captivating.
Clipse, Let God Sort Em Out
Paired with familiar high-gloss minimalism courtesy of producer Pharrell Williams, Pusha T and Malice’s first album in 16 years stands up fairly well as an assured re-up of their rap powers.
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IAN SWEET’s Cover of Coldplay’s “Yellow” Shares the Charm of the Original
The cover follows this year’s “Show Me How You Disappear” LP, out now on Polyvinyl.
July 27, 2021
Snow Ellet Toasts to the Exciting Prospect of Becoming Oneself with “Wine on the Carpet”
Eric Reyes’ debut EP “Suburban Indie Rock Star” is getting a re-release that features two new tracks.
July 27, 2021
SASAMI Is the Babysitter From Hell in the Video for Her Cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Sorry Entertainer”
The video was directed by Patti Harrison and Alan Resnick.
July 27, 2021
On Pageants’ “Worse,” There’s No Cure for a Lonesome Heart (Even With FaceTime)
The duo’s album “Sun and Settled Days” is out July 30 via Eye Dull.
July 27, 2021
Future Crib Protect True Love with the Help of a Monk, Jester, and Wizard on “BG”
The track is from the Nashville group’s forthcoming album “Full Time Smile,” which is out September 10.
July 27, 2021
koleżanka’s “A Mouthful” Reveals Why No One Wants to Work in Food Service
“Place Is” is out this Friday, July 30 on Bar/None Records.
July 26, 2021
박혜진 Park Hye Jin Achieves Understated Tension on “Whatchu Doin Later”
It’s the second single from her debut album “Before I Die,” which is out September 10 via Ninja Tune.
July 26, 2021
Caroline Polachek Enters the Storage Facility of Her Mind in “Bunny Is a Rider” Video
The video she co-directed with Matt Copson finds Polachek teleporting within a labyrinth of boxes.
July 26, 2021
Lil Nas X Gives Us Countless Additional Reasons to Love Him with “Industry Baby” Video
The new single features rapper Jack Harlow and was produced by Kanye West and Take a Daytrip.
July 23, 2021
Common Holly Shares Two Hushed Singles “Preoccupy” and “The Moon”
It’s the first music from the Montreal musician since 2019’s “When I Say to You Black Lightning.”
July 23, 2021
Beck Is a Young Paul McCartney in the Video for “Find My Way”
“McCartney III Imagined” is out now.
July 22, 2021
illuminati hotties and Buck Meek Take Us to the Wild West and the Beach on “u v v p”
“Let Me Do One More” is out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks and Hopeless Records.
July 22, 2021
alexalone’s “Electric Sickness” Is a Comforting Wash of Existential Fuzz
It’s the newest single from their album “ALEXALONEWORLD,” which is out August 13 on Polyvinyl.
July 22, 2021
Clinic Take Us on an Enigmatic Rockabilly Trip to “Fantasy Island”
It’s the title track from the band’s forthcoming ninth album, which is out October 22 via Domino.
July 22, 2021
Remi Wolf Confronts a Colorful Mess of Synapses in Her “Liquor Store” Video
It’s the lead single from Wolf’s forthcoming debut album.
July 21, 2021
Lorde Ruminates on Time’s Passing While “Stoned at the Nail Salon”
Her anticipated album “Solar Power” is out August 20 via Republic Records.
July 21, 2021
Porches Runs Around as Both an Angel and a Devil in “Okay” Video
Aaron Maine announced his fifth album, “All Day Gentle Hold !,” is out October 8 via Domino.
July 21, 2021
Indigo De Souza’s “Hold U” Confirms That a Simple Embrace Can Also Be a Promise
It’s the second single off her sophomore album “Any Shape You Take,” out August 27 on Saddle Creek.
July 21, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: Tkay Maidza on Embracing the Weird for Her Recent EP Series
Maidza discusses finding inspiration from Kim Possible and Hannah Montana, as well as how “Last Year Was Weird” paved the way for future releases.
July 21, 2021
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Willow, “lately I feel EVERYTHING”
Willow Smith finds a zone that highlights her vocals in a vibrant, lighter-fluid-lit glow.
July 20, 2021
