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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The Los Angeles Issue
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Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.
Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
Post Animal, Iron
Reuniting with original member Joe Keery, the Chicago-based psych-rock band finds a new direction in the woods of Indiana with their rustic fourth album.
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First Listen
Pleasure Pill Strike a Balance Between Britpop and American Garage Rock on New Single “I’d Rather Be”
The San Diego rockers will be bringing the track to their hometown stage tomorrow night at the Soda Bar.
January 19, 2024
First Listen
Lizzie No Contrasts Darkness and Light on New Single “Halfsies”
It’s the title track from the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s new album, which arrives tomorrow via Thirty Tigers.
January 18, 2024
First Listen
Colin Newman Revisits His Drum ’n’ Bass Era with Remastered Version of “Turn”
The Wire frontman’s reissue of his 1997 LP with his wife and musical partner Malka Spigel, Bastard, arrives next Friday.
January 17, 2024
First Listen
Psymon Spine Channel Humor, Dread, and Cabin Fever on the Disco-Tinged “Wizard Acid”
The Brooklyn alt-dance group officially announce their new album Head Body Connector will be out February 23 via Northern Spy.
January 16, 2024
First Listen
Porij Don’t Want to Break the Spell on New Single “My Only Love”
The Manchester outfit announce that their debut album Teething will arrive April 26 on Play It Again Sam Records.
January 16, 2024
Track by Track
Nailah Hunter Takes Us Track by Track Through Her Mystical Debut Album “Lovegaze”
The LA-based harpist and composer’s first full-length is out now via Fat Possum.
January 12, 2024
First Listen
Kerosene Kream Forecast a Dystopian Future for Mankind on New Song “Bulbous Swelling”
Arriving as their European tour kicks off, the single marks the Swedish garage-punks’ first release through PNKSLM Recordings.
January 11, 2024
First Listen
Lynks Takes Aim at Savior Complexes in Video for New Track “CPR”
The masked electronic musician also announces their debut album ABOMINATION, which arrives April 12 via Heavenly Recordings.
January 10, 2024
First Listen
Prize Horse Announce Debut LP “Under Sound,” Share New Single “Further From My Start”
Produced by Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, the Minneapolis shoegazers’ new record will arrive February 16 via New Morality Zine.
January 10, 2024
First Listen
Those Darlins Offshoot Mama Zu Share Slow-Burning New Single “Safe Place to Stay”
The latest single from Jessi Zazu’s posthumous release with bandmate Linwood Regensburg could very well be the first track to feature both 12-string guitar and propane tank.
January 10, 2024
First Listen
Amiture Create a Cacophony of Anxious Gestures with New Track “Dirty”
The electronic duo’s new album Mother Engine arrives February 9 via Dots Per Inch.
January 09, 2024
Fat Dog Are on a Time-Traveling Mission in Video for New Track “All the Same”
The buzzy South Londoners share their second single since signing to Domino last year.
January 08, 2024
First Listen
Planet B and Kent Osborne Build Tension on New Sci-Fi Single “Rack More Brains”
Justin Pearson’s synthpunk outfit will release their second LP Fiction Prediction on February 9 via Three One G Records.
January 04, 2024
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 20 Albums From 2023 You Should Know
The year’s most discourse-worthy records, according to our Senior Editor.
January 02, 2024
First Listen
GHLOW Announce New LP “Levitate” with Jagged Industrial-Punk Single “Big City”
The Stockholm-based duo’s sophomore record will arrive March 8 via PNKSLM.
December 13, 2023
First Listen
Ecology: HomeStones Are Looking Out for All Non-Robert Entities in Surreal “Mothername” Video
The mysterious audio/visual noise project’s self-titled release lands this Friday via Sleeping Giant Glossolalia.
December 12, 2023
First Listen
HYPEMOM Go Full Wally Brando on New Single “Joanna”
The Brooklyn punk trio will release a new EP titled Has Reservations early next year.
December 12, 2023
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Liam Bailey Reflects on a Turbulent Childhood on Soulful New Single “Disorder Starts at Home”
The UK-based songwriter’s forthcoming El Michels Affair–produced LP Zero Grace lands February 23 through Big Crown Records.
December 11, 2023
Watch Matt Berninger and David Letterman Talk The National, Mental Health, and More
The conversation between the two titans of dad energy premiered this morning on the band’s YouTube page.
December 08, 2023
Playlist
Just a Wheatus Christmas Playlist, Baby
On the heels of their new Just a Dirtbag Christmas EP, the power-pop hitmakers share what they’ll be listening to this holiday season.
December 07, 2023
