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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Fuck Money, Fuck Money
Leading with distortion and chaos, the Austin group’s debut is a 22-minute cataclysm of hardcore punk and harsh noise that distills the anti-capitalist ethos of their moniker.
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.
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The Prophecy of Indigo De Souza
The songwriter invited us to her converted-church home to discuss her new sophomore album “Any Shape You Take.”
August 30, 2021
Courtney Barnett Reimagines The Velvet Underground’s “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
“I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico” is out September 24 via Verve.
August 27, 2021
OutKast Get Animated in a New Video for Their 1996 Single “Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)”
Today is the 25 year anniversary for their sophomore album “ATLiens.”
August 27, 2021
Kacey Musgraves Endures Heartache’s Changing Seasons in “justified” Video
Her forthcoming album “star-crossed” is out September 10.
August 27, 2021
Rina Sawayama Recreates Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” in Her Own Image
Sawayama is one of 53 artists covering songs from Metallica’s self-titled album for its 30th anniversary.
August 26, 2021
Hand Habits Recruits Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas on “No Difference”
It’s the second single from Meg Duffy’s project “Fun House,” coming October 22.
August 26, 2021
Patti Smith Drops Surprise Live Album Recorded at Electric Lady Studios
The seven tracks include five of Smith’s classics as well as covers of Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder.
August 26, 2021
The Fiery Furnaces Announce Three Shows with Fred Armisen
The duo also shared the previously physical-only B-side “The Fortune Teller’s Revenge.”
August 25, 2021
Explosions in the Sky Share Sprawling and Tense Track “Climbing Bear”
“Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack for Public Television),” their first soundtrack in seven years, is out October 1.
August 25, 2021
King Krule Thrashes Stubbornly in “Stoned Again” Live Video
It’s the first look from his live album “You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down” out September 10.
August 25, 2021
Porches Revel in Chaotic Vibes—and Shout Out Tony Soprano—on “Lately”
The single arrives ahead of Aaron Maine’s upcoming album “All Day Gentle Hold !” that’s out October 8.
August 24, 2021
On MUNYA’s “Cocoa Beach,” Anything Is Possible (Including Dancing with an Alien)
Her debut album “Voyage to Mars” is out November 5 via Luminelle.
August 24, 2021
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
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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
