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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Ezra Furman, Goodbye Small Head
A glitchy folk-punk opera like a pastoral take on Lou Reed’s Berlin, the songwriter’s quivering-yet-empowered latest sees her knocked down—but never knocked out.
Youth Code, Yours, with Malice
The EBM duo continues to test new waters with their debut EP for metalcore label Sumerian, inviting experimentation on each of these five bone-rattling recordings.
Kali Uchis, Sincerely,
Moving from the synth-dembow-pop of last year’s Orquídeas to dreamy neo-soul, her fifth album sees Uchis adapt the tripling axis of joy, pain, and existential dilemma into cloudy song.
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Magdalena Bay Explore New Territory on Extraterrestrial Single “Death & Romance”
The synthpop duo also reveals their itinerary for a fall North American tour.
May 28, 2024
First Listen
Ombiigizi Navigate a Difficult Path on New Single “Connecting”
The project of Status/Non-Status’s Adam Sturgeon and Zoon’s Daniel Monkman will release their second album, Shame, later this year.
May 28, 2024
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Double Wish Bounce Back on New Single “Papers”
The West Coast indie-pop duo’s latest collection of songs, the Universe Sometimes EP, is slated to be released June 28 via Hit the North Records.
May 28, 2024
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Feller Takes Us on a Dark Ride in the Country with New Single “Jokes on You”
The Chicago-based duo’s debut EP Universal Miracle Worker is out this Friday via Fire Talk imprint Angel Tapes.
May 27, 2024
Track by Track
Finom Break Down the Ego Struggle and Catharsis of Their New LP “Not God”
The Chicago art-pop duo’s third album is out now via Joyful Noise.
May 24, 2024
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Molly Drag’s “Mammoth” Influences Playlist
Michael Hansford shares a handful of tracks that inspired the piano-centric direction his seventh album took.
May 24, 2024
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Sculpture Club Find Power in Despair on New Track “Never Have I Ever”
The group led by Choir Boy’s Chaz Costello will release their self-titled third album on June 14 via Born Losers Records.
May 24, 2024
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Mary in the Junkyard Fight Off Cabin Fever in Unnerving Video for “Goop”
The London-based art-rock trio also shares a track-by-track breakdown of their debut EP This Old House, which is out today via AMF.
May 23, 2024
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Tendertwin Turns Pain Into a Game on New Single “The Runners”
London-based songwriter Bilge Nur Yilmaz’s debut EP Ship Argo will be released on July 5.
May 21, 2024
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The Bird Calls Looks to Jimmy Buffett for Inspiration on New Track “I Haven’t Been This Happy in a Long Time”
Old Faithful, Sam Sodomsky’s latest collection of folk tunes, arrives May 31 via Ruination Records.
May 21, 2024
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The Road Leads Where It’s Led: Secret Machines on “Now Here Is Nowhere” at 20
For the record’s anniversary, Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza walk us through the space-rock opus’ inception track by track.
May 20, 2024
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Immersion Pay Homage to Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass on New Thor Harris Collab “Rotations”
Colin Newman and Malka Spigel embrace the American minimalist tradition on the latest cut from their forthcoming Nanocluster Vol. 2.
May 20, 2024
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Cold Hart Takes Us Track by Track Through His Goth-Rock Inspired New LP “Pretty in the Dark”
The GothBoiClique co-founder’s fourth solo album is out now via Epitaph Records.
May 17, 2024
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Psychic Graveyard Work Through the Challenges of Parenthood on New Track “Sword Through My Neck”
Featuring members of Arab on Radar, Some Girls, and The Chinese Stars, the outfit’s fourth album Wilting arrives June 7 on Artoffact Records.
May 17, 2024
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One Step Closer’s “All You Embrace” Influences Playlist
Ryan Savitski, Ross Thompson, and Colman O’Brien share 10 tracks that helped shape their vision for their evolved sophomore LP, out this week via Run for Cover.
May 16, 2024
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Night Sins Begin Anew in Video for New Single “Burn Away”
The darkwave solo project of former Nothing drummer Kyle Kimball returns tomorrow with the A Silver Blade in the Shadow EP.
May 16, 2024
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Fake Fruit Cast the Devil Out in Video for New Single “Mucho Mistrust”
The Jimmy Whispers–directed clip lands with the news that the Oakland post-punk trio’s new album of the same name will land August 23 via Carpark Records.
May 15, 2024
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Lip Critic’s Future of Freak-Punk Playlist
Ahead of the release of their own freak-punk opus Hex Dealer, the New Yorkers help define the genre with 15 tracks by artists breaking ground in the weirdo rock scene.
May 14, 2024
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Susan James Charts the Road to Gratitude on New Single “Magnificent”
Time Is Now, the LA-based psych-folk songwriter’s first record in nearly a decade, arrives July 12.
May 14, 2024
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Hockey Dad Share an Ode to Their Ride-or-Die on New Track “Safety Pin”
The Australian surf-pop duo’s fourth album Rebuild Repeat is out June 14 via Farmer & the Owl/BMG.
May 13, 2024
