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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Dijon, Baby
On the follow-up to his 2021 debut, Dijon Duenas lays glitchy, psychedelic textures atop his familiar alt-R&B sound to evoke a fractured internet-like aesthetic that’s often mesmerizing.
Rich Brian, Where Is My Head?
The edgy but earnest Indonesian-American rapper further leans into his identity on his first album in six years, welcoming a variety of guests on his trek through self-actualization.
Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.
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Boy Scouts Remembers How Revitalizing It Is to Wonder on “Didn’t I”
It’s the second single from the Oakland-based musician’s album “Wayfinder” coming October 1.
August 24, 2021
Don Lifted Observes the Gentle Rituals of Care with “Brain Fluid”
His album “325i” is out October 22 via Fat Possum.
August 24, 2021
The Bug Connects with Moor Mother for the Menacing “Vexed”
The single arrives ahead of Kevin Martin’s new album “Fire,” dropping this Friday via Ninja Tune.
August 23, 2021
Kacey Musgraves Announces New LP “star-crossed,” Shares Title Track and Film Trailer
Her fourth studio album will arrive September 10 with an accompanying film featuring Eugene Levy, Victoria Pedretti, and Princess Nokia.
August 23, 2021
Efterklang Celebrate Love’s Restless Flight on “Dragonfly”
Casper Clausen discusses the newest single from “Windflowers,” out October 8 via City Slang, in a brief Q&A.
August 23, 2021
Butch Dawson Brings Major Bravado to His “Stardust” EP
The Baltimore mainstay’s major label debut is out today via Asylum Records.
August 20, 2021
Track by Track
Bnny Lays It All on the Table and Walks Us Through “Everything” Track by Track
The Chicago four-piece, whose debut is out today, details nature’s impact on the album and its many emotional hues.
August 20, 2021
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alexalone, “ALEXALONEWORLD”
The band’s debut feels like a metamorphosis, a constant shifting of skins and textures.
August 20, 2021
James Blake and Take a Daytrip Face a Relationship Shipwreck on “Life Is Not the Same”
It’s the second single off Blake’s next album “Friends That Break Your Heart,” which is out September 10.
August 20, 2021
There Are Now Three New Versions of Phoebe Bridgers’ “Kyoto” That Exist in This World
Bartees Strange, Glitch Gum, and The Marías take on the David Crosby antagonist.
August 19, 2021
illuminati hotties Recuits Bartees Strange to Keep the Splashes Coming on “Pool Hopping”
The wet and wild remix arrives ahead of Sarah Tudzin’s forthcoming album “Let Me Do One More.”
August 19, 2021
Ellevator’s “Easy” Is a Massive Reminder to Stay Grounded in the Face of Enticing Dogma
The Ontario-based trio is scheduled to release their debut album in early 2022.
August 19, 2021
Remi Wolf Announces Debut Album with Singles “Quiet on Set” and “Grumpy Old Man”
“Juno” is out October 15 on Island Records.
August 18, 2021
The Muslims Call Bullshit on the Concept of Political Unity on New Single
The new Epitaph signees are releasing “FUCK THESE FUCKIN FASCISTS” on September 24.
August 18, 2021
Parquet Courts Are Savoring the Chaos on “Walking at a Downtown Pace”
The single and its video arrive ahead of “Sympathy for Life,” out October 22 on Rough Trade.
August 18, 2021
Waxahatchee Breathes New Life into Woody Guthrie’s Classic “Talking Dust Bowl Blues”
The cover will appear on “Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads,” out September 10 on Elektra Records.
August 18, 2021
Lorde Undergoes Mystical Transformation and Searches for Feeling in “Mood Ring” Video
Off her third album “Solar Power,” the new single takes on the tropes of wellness culture.
August 17, 2021
St. Vincent’s “Daddy’s Home” Video Pays Homage to the Dirt-Smudged Sparkle of the ’70s
The new visual from Annie Clark features three bedazzled but lackadaisical dancers, a flasher, and Demi Adejuyigbe.
August 17, 2021
Kari Faux Announces “Lowkey Superstar Deluxe” with New Single “Too Much, Too Fast”
The album—released with Don Giovanni Records, and featuring J.I.D., Jazz Cartier, Yung Baby Tate, and Smino—arrives September 24.
August 17, 2021
On “Dogma,” Circuit des Yeux Ventures on an Odyssey of Instinct
It’s the lead single from their sixth album “-io,” which is out October 22 via Matador.
August 17, 2021
