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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Various artists, All Things Go: 10 Years
Benefitting the Ally Coalition, this collection features original material from the fest’s diversified wealth of artists—though it’s oddly devoid of any actual in-concert recordings.
Hüsker Dü, 1985: The Miracle Year
Packaging a set from their Minnesota hometown with reams of added live tracks from that same championship season, this collection sees the trio’s past and present melt into one new reality of stinging melodicism.
Odonis Odonis, Odonis Odonis
On their sixth LP, the industrial duo tones down the electronic tendencies of their past decade of output as they revisit to the gloomy post-punk and atmospheric shoegaze of their origins.
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First Listen
Immaterialize’s New Single “Cheesecake Factory” Matches Its Subject’s Surreal Atmosphere
The Chicago-based duo of Erik Fur and Lipsticism’s Alana Schachtel will release their debut album Perfect in January.
November 18, 2025
Magdalena Bay Share Two More Tracks to Close Out “Nice Day” Singles Collection
“This Is the World (I Made It for You)” and “Nice Day” follow three other sets of singles released over the past few weeks.
November 14, 2025
Amyl and the Sniffers Open Bar Tabs for Fans After Melbourne Show Gets Shut Down
The Australian punks’ free show in Fed Square was shut down due to safety concerns.
November 14, 2025
Playlist
Home Front’s “10 Songs to Watch It All Die To” Playlist
The Alberta synth-punks share how Ministry, Depeche Mode, The Jam, and more helped inspire the outlook of their newly released second album, Watch It Die.
November 14, 2025
Track by Track
Austra Takes Us Deeper Into the Upbeat Electronic World of Her New LP “Chin Up Buttercup”
Katie Austra Stelmanis’s first album since 2020’s HiRUDiN is out now via Domino.
November 14, 2025
First Listen
Boy Golden and Cat Clyde Find Inspiration in Each Other’s Voices on New Duet “Cowboy Dreams”
The single and its Sade-inspired music video land ahead of the former’s Best of Our Possible Lives LP, dropping in February via Six Shooter.
November 14, 2025
First Listen
SNACKTIME Pay Tribute to Brian Wilson and D’Angelo with a Smooth Take on “God Only Knows”
The Beach Boys cover lands ahead of a set of December tour dates planned for the West Coast.
November 13, 2025
First Listen
MX Lonely Take Aim at Dysphoria on New Single “Big Hips”
The NYC grungazeers reveal that their debut album All Monsters will be released in February by Julia’s War Recordings.
November 12, 2025
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Home Star Shares a Dispatch From the Mall Food Court with “Winner”
Marietta’s Evan Lescallette will release his debut solo album A Binding Life on January 9 via Born Losers.
November 12, 2025
First Listen
Jo Passed Shapes His Own World on New Single “Precious Word”
Away, Jo Hirabayashi’s new album inspired by cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoanalysis, will arrive on January 23 via Youth Riot Records.
November 10, 2025
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Martin Atkins Shares Rarity “Beijing Taxi” Ahead of New Comp Tied to “Cult and Culture” Podcast
The former member of PiL and Killing Joke is among the past guests on Justin Pearson’s podcast and is featured on the comp dropping November 14 via Pearson’s Three One G label.
November 07, 2025
Track by Track
h. pruz Walks Us Through Their Smooth-Sailing New Solo LP “Red Sky at Morning”
Hannah Pruzinsky details the warm feelings and “friend features” that line their second full-length, out now via Mtn. Laurel Recording Co.
November 07, 2025
Playlist
Portugal. The Man’s “Shish” Influences Playlist
John Gourley shares how classic prog, soul, and heavy metal helped add nuance to the band’s latest effort.
November 06, 2025
First Listen
Elanor Moss Celebrates Change on New Single “Again, My Love,” Her First for Merge Records
The London-based songwriter follows up her 2023 Cosmic EP with a preview of what’s to come in 2026.
November 06, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Westerman’s Transitory New LP “A Jackal’s Wedding”
Will Westerman shares how Robby Müller’s cinematography, hot nights in Greece, and more helped bring his third record to life.
November 05, 2025
First Listen
Death Valley Girls Ease Us Into the Holiday Spirit with New Track “Season of Dreaming”
The single will appear on the fifth installment of the annual Slow Xmas, arriving this year for the first time on vinyl.
November 05, 2025
The Cure Announce “The Show of a Lost World” Concert Film Hitting Theaters in December
The documentary captures the band’s November 2024 show at London’s Troxy from the evening of Songs of a Lost World’s release.
November 03, 2025
First Listen
Dari Bay Announces Reissue of 2023 LP “Longest Day of the Year” with New Single “Interstate”
The project’s re-release on January 23 serves as Zack James’ proper induction into the Double Double Whammy label family.
November 03, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Hilary Woods’ Eerie New Album “Night CRIÚ”
The Irish songwriter shares how dance, photography, and fiction helped shape her first non-instrumental album in five years, out now via Sacred Bones.
October 31, 2025
Track by Track
Shad Takes Us Track by Track Through His Regenerative New LP “Start Anew”
The Canadian emcee talks themes of death and rebirth on his heavily collaborative follow-up to 2021’s TAO.
October 31, 2025
