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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Saint Etienne, The Night
Over 30 years after their debut, the Vaseline-lensed electro-pop trio still titillates without any consideration of boundaries as they continue their recent shift toward spectral-sounding gravitas.
Daft Punk, Discovery [Interstella 5555 Edition]
Reissued in honor of its complementary anime film’s 20th anniversary, the French house duo’s breakout LP feels like a time capsule for a brief period of pre-9/11 optimism.
The Coward Brothers, The Coward Brothers
Inspired by Christopher Guest’s recent radio play reviving Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett’s 1985 fictional band, this playful debut album proves that this inside joke still has legs.
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First Listen
Popstrangers Commandeer a Shuttered Karaoke Room in Their “In Spirit” Video
The London-via-New-Zealand indie rockers balance distortion and nostalgia on the title track off their upcoming third album.
April 07, 2022
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Tess Roby Communes with the LA River in Her New “Path” Video
The Montreal-based composer shares another entrancing cut from her sophomore album Ideas of Space.
April 05, 2022
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Companion Thaw in Bed After a Chilly Night Out on New Single “Snowbank”
Twin sisters Jo and Sophia Babb debut a fittingly tender visual by illustrator Gaia Esther Maria ahead of their debut album Second Day of Spring.
April 05, 2022
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Yot Club’s Ryan Kaiser Shakes Up a Deadbeat Day Job in “u dont kno me” Video
The Nashville-based singer and producer turns small town boredom into surf-pop abandon on his new single.
March 18, 2022
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Sea Lemon Turns Social Anxiety Into Feel-Good Dream Pop on “Turn Away”
The Seattle-based songwriter will open for fellow jangle-pop favorites Ducks Ltd. later this month.
March 10, 2022
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Stray Fossa Soundtrack a Trippy Tour Video with “Better Late Than…”
The Virginia band crafts wavy, windows-down dream-pop on their latest single.
March 07, 2022
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Loren Berí Announces Debut EP with the Magnetic “My Brooklyn (Is Better Than Yours)”
The Brooklyn artist’s debut single is a clever, catchy homage to NYC.
February 22, 2022
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Alyssa Gengos Fights Dreary Thoughts with Dreamy Melodies on “In the Real World”
The latest video from the LA-based singer and producer captures a carefree reunion in Copenhagen.
February 07, 2022
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Veronica Everheart Will Take Whatever Hope She Can Get on “time and time again”
The Phoenix-based songwriter introduces subtle electronic touches on her new single.
January 31, 2022
Goon’s “Garden of Our Neighbor” Video Is a Spacey Love Letter to the LA River
The LA rockers share the first glimpse of a two-part project called “Paint by Numbers.”
January 27, 2022
Catherine Moan Serves Up a Sugary Ode to Crushing Hard—and Crashing Harder—on “Soda Pop”
The Philly-based artist shares a caffeinated cut from an extended version of her debut album “Chain Reaction,” due out January 11.
January 10, 2022
Foster the People’s Mark Foster Reflects on Life Before and After “Torches”
Foster discusses the album ahead of its new 10th anniversary reissue, nearly moving to Turkey instead of recording it, and collaborating with Taylor Swift.
November 11, 2021
BROODS Announce New Album with the Swirling Breakup Bop “Heartbreak”
The sibling duo announce their fourth full-length album with an intergalactic visual courtesy of animator Dr. Foothead and a brief Q&A with the band’s Georgia Nott.
November 09, 2021
Tangerine Long for Connection on the Breezy Lounge Bop Single “See You There”
LA indie-pop musicians Marika Justad and Toby Kuhn channel former tourmates SALES in a sunny guitar track fueled by loneliness.
November 04, 2021
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They/Live Searches for Synth-Pop Divinity on “To Know Your Love (Part II)”
LA-based songwriter Whitney Mower shares another dreamy, angelic arrangement off her forthcoming “Violet Coda” EP.
November 01, 2021
Shallou Turns Quarantine Melancholy Into Dancefloor Abandon on “High Tide”
The LA-based producer debuts a dreamy dance track inspired by “this feeling of drowning during quarantine.”
October 22, 2021
FPA Harnesses Pure Feminine Energy in Her New “Princess Wiko” Visual
Frances Priya Anczarski shares the title track from her forthcoming LP, and answers some of our questions about the project.
October 13, 2021
The Velveteers Wrestle Their Inner Demons in “Father of Lies” Video
The Denver rock trio drops into an abandoned slaughterhouse for their new visual.
September 29, 2021
Red Ribbon Chases Transcendence in “High” Video
Emma Danner’s new single is a dazed, languid indie rock number about—you guessed it—getting extremely high.
May 11, 2021
The Lagoons Look Ahead on the Surf-Pop Meditation “Daybreak”
The Southern California duo deliver a hazy, post-pandemic reflection in their latest single.
May 10, 2021
