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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The Los Angeles Issue
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Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
Tennis, Face Down in the Garden
The husband-and-wife duo calmly issue forth their always whimsical yet never overly precious musical blend of psych-tinged indie-pop from start to finish on their seventh and final LP.
Sarah Mary Chadwick, Take Me Out to a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
The deep crevices of profound dependence live within the Melbourne-based songwriter’s every word and melody throughout her grayly comic and experimentally recorded ninth album.
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Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Ian Isiah’s New Single “Big One”
With this pivot to hyper-pop club-rap, the NYC-based artist shares how fashion, TV, and the elderly (i.e. anyone older than him) have shaped his work.
April 23, 2025
First Listen
CIVIC Offer Up a Buffet of Riffage with New Single “The Hogg”
The Australian punks share a gluttonous video for the latest track to arrive from their third LP, Chrome Dipped.
April 23, 2025
First Listen
David Franklin Courtright Enlists Julianna Barwick for Debut Single “Feels”
The track marks the artist’s first recording since releasing music as Suno Deko.
April 23, 2025
An Introductory Guide to the TV on the Radio Extended Universe
With Tunde Adebimpe releasing his long-anticipated debut album, and his band touring in support of the 20-year anniversary of their own, we look into some of the lesser-known work from the NYC art-rockers.
April 22, 2025
First Listen
bug crush Keeps Pushing Forward with New Single “Tugboat”
Carolyn Fahrner’s self-released Somehow I Go in Circles All the Time EP will drop on May 16.
April 22, 2025
Track by Track
Divide and Dissolve Break Down Their Latest Empire-Dismantling LP, “Insatiable”
Takiaya Reed walks us through her new set of instrumental drone-metal tracks aiming to combat colonialist and genocidal ideology.
April 18, 2025
First Look
Night School Explore the Dark Side of Love in Video For New Single “For Keeps”
The track comes from the band’s new EP of the same name, which drops today via Graveface Records.
April 18, 2025
First Listen
Gloorp Shares a Video for Drum-Centric Footwork Jam “Smoggg”
Garrett Burke invites listeners to Gloorp it up next week when his sophomore album sees a release via Jolt Music.
April 17, 2025
First Listen
Lionmilk Shares a Comforting Tune for the Brokenhearted with “only one”
WHEN THE FLOWERS BLOOM, the LA-based artist’s debut for Stones Throw Records, is out May 30.
April 16, 2025
First Listen
Lou Tides Rips Open Her Understanding of Love with New Single “Map Maker”
The songwriter and member of Sharon Van Etten’s Attachment Theory band will release her new solo album Autostatic! on May 23 via Switch Hit Records.
April 16, 2025
First Listen
Tan Cologne Channel the Disaster and Beauty of Life on New Single “Cloud of Mirrors”
The Taos–based duo’s new collection of droning dream-pop Unknown Beyond will land later this year via Labrador Records.
April 15, 2025
First Listen
Revival Season Return with Heavy-Duty Hip-Hop/Primal Rock Hybrid “8’3″”
The alt-rap duo announce that the track will appear on a new mixtape titled Formless, set to arrive May 23 via Heavenly Recordings.
April 14, 2025
Lana Del Rey Shares First Taste of Country LP with “Henry, come on”
The track will appear on the songwriter’s long-teased album arriving later this year via Interscope.
April 11, 2025
Playlist
Daughter of Swords’ “Alex” Influences Playlist
Alex Sauser-Monnig shares how everyone from Robyn to John Lurie inspired the whimsy and mystery of their second album, which drops this week via Psychic Hotline.
April 10, 2025
First Listen
Colatura Share a Love Letter to Their Past Selves with “I Wanna Get Better”
A video for the single lands ahead of the band’s new EP If I’m Being Honest, which drops later this year via Easy Does It Records.
April 09, 2025
Playlist
Zach Templar’s “In Waves” Influences Playlist
With his debut EP arriving this week, the British-Colombian songwriter shares how the nostalgia and atmospherics of Frank Ocean, Radiohead, Prince, and more helped shape his sound.
April 08, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Linying’s Aquatic New Album “Swim, Swim”
The Singaporean songwriter shares how Carl Jung, life on a remote island, and cold showers helped define the concept for her second album.
April 04, 2025
Track by Track
Maz Breaks Down Each of the Very-Playable Tracks on Her Debut EP “NPC”
The Utah-based artist shares how Blondie, Ratatat, Grimes, and more helped shape this collection, out now via Winspear.
April 04, 2025
First Listen
Sean Nicholas Savage Plots New LP “The Knowing,” Shares Video for Marci-Featuring Lead Single “Your Drug”
The sophisti-pop songwriter’s follow-up to 2022’s Shine will arrive on June 27 via Born Losers Records.
April 04, 2025
First Listen
Alisa Xayalith Voices the Frustrations of Long-Distance Romance on New Single “Alone with You”
The Naked and Famous vocalist’s debut solo album Slow Crush is out tomorrow via Nettwerk.
April 03, 2025
