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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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.
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food [Super Deluxe Edition]
The band’s first album with Brian Eno is a portrait of two ecosystems learning each other’s ways, with this box set’s exclusive rarities further revealing the collaboration’s inner workings.
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First Listen
h. pruz Meditates on Restraint in Video for New Single “Hurting”
The Warhol-inspired clip introduces Queens-based songwriter Hannah Pruzinsky’s debut album No Glory, which will arrive March 29 via Mtn Laurel Recording Co.
February 06, 2024
First Listen
Alena Spanger Gives in to the Chaos on New Single “Difficult People”
The former Tiny Hazard songwriter shares that her debut solo album Fire Escape will be out March 22 via Ruination Record Co.
February 05, 2024
Track by Track
Holly Macve Breaks Down Her Diaristic New “Time Is Forever” EP Track by Track
The Irish-born songwriter returns with five new songs—including a collaboration with Lana Del Rey—which arrive today via Loving Memory Records / Believe.
February 02, 2024
Playlist
Vera Sola’s Playlist for Cold Mornings
The songwriter’s acid-Western second album, Peacemaker, arrives this week via City Slang.
February 01, 2024
First Listen
Sofia Bolt Announces New LP “Vendredi Minuit,” Ponders Orb in Video for “Go Away”
The French chamber-pop songwriter’s second album will arrive May 10 via Born Losers Records.
February 01, 2024
First Listen
STRFKR Mellow Out with ’80s-Inspired Ballad “Under Water / In Air”
The neo-psych stalwarts’ latest album, Parallel Realms, drops March 1 via Polyvinyl.
February 01, 2024
First Listen
Street Fever Ventures Into Sacred Spaces in Video for New Single “Sinner”
The new track from the anonymous EBM instigator charts a journey of self-discovery.
January 31, 2024
Playlist
15 Songs That Created Sematary
With his latest single “Wendigo” dropping earlier this month, the horrorcore emcee breaks down the origins of his sound through the discovery of Salem, Brick Squad, and more.
January 30, 2024
First Listen
Joyer Announce New LP “Night Songs,” Share Slice-of-Life Slacker-Rock Anthem “Star”
Nick and Shane Sullivan’s third record will arrive April 26 via Hit the North Records and Julia’s War.
January 29, 2024
TORRES Picks Five Favorites From the Merge Records Catalog
What an Enormous Room, Mackenzie Scott’s sixth album and third for the influential indie label, is out now.
January 26, 2024
Track by Track
Angry Blackmen Lay Out Their Lore as They Walk Us Through “The Legend of ABM”
The debut full-length from Chicago emcees Quentin Branch and Brian Warren is out now via Deathbomb Arc.
January 26, 2024
Track by Track
DJ Stepdad Breaks Down Each Track on His Eclectic New Downtempo EP “time to figure things out”
Ted Davis shares how the project went from a party moniker to a formal outlet as he walks us through the EP’s four tracks.
January 26, 2024
First Look
Tetchy Are Bound in by Both Body and Bedroom in New “Psychosomatic” Video
The grungy tune appears on the New Yorkers’ new All in My Head EP.
January 26, 2024
First Listen
Dermabrasion Amps Up the Body Anxiety on New Single “Psychic Event”
The Toronto-based punk duo “ensure maximum brooding and rumination” on the J.G. Ballard–inspired cut from their forthcoming Pain Behaviour LP.
January 25, 2024
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Akira Galaxy’s Dreamy Debut EP “What’s Inside You”
The Seattle-based songwriter’s new collection of dream-pop compositions officially drops tomorrow via Bright Antenna Records.
January 25, 2024
First Listen
BONZIE Creates an Immersive 3D World with New Single “Citrus”
The track’s visual also creates a 3D world—or rather borrows one from Nintendo.
January 24, 2024
Track by Track
Birthmark Takes Us Through the Familial Themes of His New LP “Birth of Omni”
American Football/Joan of Arc multi-instrumentalist Nate Kinsella’s first LP under the moniker in eight years is out now via Polyvinyl.
January 23, 2024
Phoenix
Phoenix, The Postal Service, Alvvays, and More Announced for Just Like Heaven 2024
The ’00s indie nostalgia fest will return to Pasadena for its fourth year on May 18.
January 22, 2024
First Listen
Fawning Speculate on the Afterlife with Haunting New Track “All Around Me”
It’s the title track from the dream-pop duo’s second LP, which arrives this Friday via Graveface.
January 22, 2024
Gossip Are Feeling Empowered on New Track “Real Power”
The dance-punks recently returned over a decade after their last album to announce their Rick Rubin–produced sixth LP of the same name.
January 19, 2024
