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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Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.
Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.
Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
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In Conversation
In Conversation: Speaking LUMP Language with Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay
The duo discuss unraveling the riddle of the unconscious on their second album together, “Animal.”
August 12, 2021
Tasha Clings to Joy on “Lake Superior”
The new single follows this past March’s “Would You Mind Please Pulling Me Close.”
August 11, 2021
Shower Curtain Can’t Escape Herself on the Contemplative Bedroom-Pop of “Running”
Her new EP “Something Instead” is out September 24.
August 11, 2021
Cherry Glazerr Lets Her Guard Down on New Moonlit Single “Soft Drink”
The new track follows “Big Bang” from earlier this year.
August 10, 2021
spill tab Connects with Tommy Genesis on the Carbonated Dance Track “Indecisive”
It’s this year’s third single from the Los Angeles–based musician and part-time tattoo artist.
August 10, 2021
Big Thief Sound Refreshed on New Singles “Little Things” and “Sparrow”
The two singles serve as the band’s first new material since 2019’s “Two Hands” and “U.F.O.F.”
August 10, 2021
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen Share Stripped Down Version of “Like I Used To”
The two performed the new version together on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
August 10, 2021
On “Program,” Seafoam Walls Equate Human Survival to Computer Operations
Their debut album “XVI” is out November 21 on Thurston Moore’s label Ecstatic Peace Library.
August 09, 2021
Chynna’s Family Shares “seasonal depression pt. 2,” Grants Posthumous Album Release
“drug opera” will be released posthumously on August 20.
August 09, 2021
Adia Victoria Invites Spotify to Think About Their Role in an Unjust Music Industry
Victoria shared some thoughts about the streaming giant on the heels of her recent single “Magnolia Blues.”
August 06, 2021
Touché Amoré Continue to Take on the Classics with a Cover of The Strokes’ “Hard to Explain”
Following Jeremy Bolm’s take on Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind,” the hardcore group continues their streak of covers.
August 06, 2021
Victoria Monét Gives Us a Future Poolside Classic with “Coastin’”
The new single follows “F.U.C.K.” from earlier this year.
August 05, 2021
Duran Duran Team Up with CHAI on “More Joy”
The single arrives ahead of their new album “Future Past,” which is out October 22.
August 05, 2021
Central Heat Exchange Make a Small Town Feel Limitless on “Almost to You”
The group featuring members of Living Hour, Varsity, and Pool Holograph will release their self-titled debut album on September 10.
August 05, 2021
Purity Ring Pull Back the Veil on Haunting New Single “soshy”
It’s the first release on the duo’s new label The Fellowship.
August 04, 2021
Squirrel Flower Peels a New Skin in Her “Roadkill” Video
Her sophomore album “Planet (i)” is out now via Polyvinyl.
August 04, 2021
Foxx Bodies Embrace Being a “Bad Kid” with a Whole Lot of Makeup
The forthcoming album, “Vixen,” from the Los-Angeles-by-way-of-Tucson group is out November 5 on Kill Rock Stars.
August 04, 2021
Ethel Cain Makes Blue Eyeshadow and Hair Rollers Timeless in her “Crush” Video
Her EP “Inbred” is out now.
August 03, 2021
Hand Habits’ Gothic Synth Opus “Aquamarine” Casts Shadows of Intense Memory
It’s the lead single from “Fun House,” which is coming on October 22 via Saddle Creek.
August 03, 2021
Lizzo Reveals that “Rumors” Are Coming on August 13
The track—and “new era”—will arrive two years after the singer’s breakthrough LP “Cuz I Love You.”
August 02, 2021
