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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Wisp, If Not Winter
Natalie Lu’s debut leans into the “pop” side of dream pop, exploring the double-edged sword of yearning with big builds and a combination of delicacy and pummeling sound.
The Armed, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
The Detroit punks’ sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak.
OK Cool, Chit Chat
The Chicago duo pull the strings taut on their emo-pop debut, adding piano passages, guitar theatrics, and other flourishes to their established college-radio-rock sound.
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First Listen
War Violet Pens a Letter to the Wonderful and Horrifying Chaos of Earth with “Different Formations”
Jummy Aremu returns five years after her Getaway EP for her debut single with Kill Rock Stars (US) and Bella Union (UK/Europe).
September 18, 2023
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Home Is Where
The Floridian punks share scenes from the Eastern half of their US tour supporting their new LP The Whaler as they head out west this week.
September 14, 2023
Playlist
Worriers’ “Trust Your Gut” Influences Playlist
14 tracks that helped Lauren Denitzio, well, trust their gut while writing and recording their fifth LP.
September 14, 2023
Beach Vacation Is Moving on From Past Mistakes with New Single “Up Late”
Tabor Rupp’s latest dream-pop collection Coping Habits arrives in full tomorrow.
September 14, 2023
First Listen
Land of Talk Return to Their Teenage Roots with New Single “Pwintiques”
Lizzie Powell queers Twin Peaks in the video for the seven-minute instrumental jam from their upcoming fifth album Performances.
September 14, 2023
First Listen
Jenn Champion Shares a Song for the Friends We Lose Too Soon with “Jessica”
The piano ballad lands ahead of the Carissa’s Wierd founding member’s new solo record The Last Night of Sadness.
September 13, 2023
First Listen
Michael the Band Celebrate Tight Bonds with New Single “Tough Trust”
It’s the title track from the duo’s sophomore release, arriving September 29.
September 12, 2023
First Listen
Wild Nothing Advertise New Single “Suburban Solutions” with Infomercial-Like Music Video
The track and visual come paired with an active phone line and a “Suburban Solutions” riesling in collaboration with Osmote Wines.
September 12, 2023
First Listen
Vanishing Twin Get Half-Baked on New Track “Lazy Garden”
The London trio continue their experimentation into space-age ambient pop on the latest single from their forthcoming album Afternoon X.
September 12, 2023
First Listen
A Beacon School Grab Onto Hope on New Single “Alone”
Patrick J. Smith’s returns with yoyo, his first LP in five years, on October 13 via Grind Select.
September 11, 2023
First Listen
Liza Anne Announces New LP with the Fairly Self-Explanatory Single “Shania Twain Is Making Me Cry”
The songwriter’s third studio album Utopian will arrive November 3 via Antifragile Music.
September 07, 2023
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Dominique Fils-Aimé Fertilizes a Network of Communication Between Souls with New Single “Our Roots Run Deep”
The Montreal-based vocalist’s fourth album of the same name arrives September 22 via Ensoul Records.
September 07, 2023
Join Mike D and Ad-Rock for Beastie Boys Square Unveiling This Saturday
Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, the event will take place in NYC at the corner made famous by the group’s Paul’s Boutique album cover.
September 06, 2023
Devo
Devo Announce Career Retrospective “50 Years of De-Evolution (1973-2023)”
In the midst of their final tour run, the new wave trailblazers will release a box set of hits and rarities on October 20.
September 06, 2023
Björk Brings “Fossora” Track “victimhood” to Life with New Animated Video
The visual debuted over the weekend at a performance in Lisbon.
September 05, 2023
Nirvana’s “In Utero” Set to Receive 30th Anniversary Reissue Featuring Over 50 Additional Tracks
The remastered LP comes with a handful of B-sides and several full-concert live recordings, including their final set performed in Seattle in 1994.
September 05, 2023
First Listen
Hit Bargain Underscore the Bizarre Anxieties of Late Capitalism in Video for New Track “Degree Decree”
The LA fourpiece featuring members of Beach Fossils and Cold Beat reveals their new LP A Dog a Deer a Seal will drop November 10 via Get Better Records.
September 05, 2023
First Listen
Brad stank Takes Us to Inisherin in the Video for New Single “Natty Wine”
The track will appear on the Liverpool-based songwriter’s newly announced LP In the Midst of You, arriving in January.
September 05, 2023
Playlist
Field Medic’s “light is gone 2” Influences Playlist
Kevin Patrick Sullivan shares how everyone from Bladee to Milli Vanilli helped shape his beat-bolstered new LP.
August 31, 2023
First Listen
zzzahara Combats iPhones’ Constant Reminders of Past Relationships on New Track “Hey Familiar Face”
An animated video for the single arrives ahead of the songwriter’s new LP Tender, which drops September 22 on Lex Records.
August 31, 2023
