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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Bob Mould, Here We Go Crazy
Explicitly pitched as a response to the unrest of early 2025, the former Hüsker Dü leader’s first album in five years continues to confidently summon instant-earworm hooks and visceral thrills.
Vundabar, Surgery and Pleasure
The infectious Boston trio’s sixth album adds some complexity to their signature jangle with darker, rougher textures, though its lyrics don’t always live up to the music’s maturity level.
Alabaster DePlume, A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole
Informed by the dualities of harm and healing, the English saxophonist and poet weaves a tapestry of sounds—spiritual jazz, folk, classical, and beyond—into a potent missive of grace.
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Fat Dog’s “WOOF.”-Inspired DJ Set
With the the London dance-punk group’s debut album out now, keyboardist Chris Hughes offer up some TMI commentary on what music gets their tails wagging, so to speak.
September 11, 2024
First Listen
The Meffs Take on Faith and Self-Worth on Searing New Punk Cut “What”
The Essex duo’s debut album What a Life arrives this Friday via the Fat Wreck imprint Bottles to the Ground.
September 11, 2024
First Listen
Trace Mountains Balance Heavy Feelings and Danceable Melodies on “Hard to Accept”
Dave Benton’s fourth solo album Into the Burning Blue arrives September 27 via Lame-O Records.
September 10, 2024
First Listen
Accelerant Lead the Rave to a Punk Venue on New Single “Bring Down the Club”
The Toronto noise-rock group’s self-titled debut album lands October 1 via Cooked Raw.
September 10, 2024
Playlist
Balance and Composure’s “With You in Spirit” Influences Playlist
Before returning with their first album in eight years, the PA post-hardcore band catches us up to date on what they’ve been listening to for inspiration.
September 09, 2024
First Listen
Lutalo Takes a Walk Through the Past on New Single “Summit Hill”
The songwriter’s debut full-length The Academy will be released on September 20 via Winspear.
September 09, 2024
First Listen
instant crush Pay Homage to “10 Things I Hate About You” with New “Apology Tour” Video
The single arrives with the news of the group’s debut LP I’M SORRY I DIDN’T BITE MY TONGUE, out October 25 via Share It Music.
September 06, 2024
Playlist
Soft Kill’s “Roseland” Influences Playlist
The Chicago-via-Portland group shares how their latest EP of gothic post-punk was actually fueled by Jamaican dancehall greats.
September 05, 2024
First Listen
Kal Marks Find Romance in the Apocalypse in Visual for New Single “Wasteland Baby”
It’s the weirdly heartwarming title track from the post-hardcore group’s doomy fifth album, which arrives next Friday via Exploding in Sound.
September 05, 2024
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Kylie V Says What We’re All Thinking on New Single “Wish I Was in Bed”
Vancouver-based songwriter Kylie Van Slyke reveals that the track will appear on her sophomore record Crash Test Plane, arriving November 15 via Royal Mountain.
September 05, 2024
Track by Track
Peel Dream Magazine Break Down Their Conceptual New LP “Rose Main Reading Room”
Joe Stevens shares how Steve Reich and NYC’s Natural History Museum helped shape the sound of the band’s fourth album, out now via Topshelf Records.
September 04, 2024
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Mercury Rev’s “Born Horses” Influences Playlist
The ever-adventurous neo-psych band shares how Chet Baker, Alice Coltrane, Tchaikovsky, and more helped shape their latest release, out this week via Bella Union.
September 03, 2024
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Devarrow Documents a Day in the Life at His Converted Studio in New “Bus Baby” Video
Halifax-based songwriter Graham Ereaux introduces us to the cozy world of his forthcoming Heart Shaped Rock LP, arriving October 4 via Paper Bag Records.
September 03, 2024
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Clot Tease the Growth of What’s to Come with New Single “Fucking Rot”
The Atlanta metal group will be releasing a new EP on October 18 titled Dehiscence.
August 30, 2024
First Look
Tank and the Bangas Catch the Trolley in Video for “Enjoy the Ride”
The final installment in the group’s The Heart, The Mind, The Soul EP trilogy also drops today with the release of the Robert Glasper–producer The Soul.
August 30, 2024
First Look
Chipped Nail Polish Works Through Anger with Laughter in New “Road Rage” Video
Jill Sullivan shares a visual for her recent anthem dedicated to all those idiots we have to share the road with.
August 28, 2024
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Thank’s Favorite Hater Anthems
On the heels of their own diss track “Writing Out a List of All the Names of God,” the Leeds band shares nine tracks that turn being a hater into an art form.
August 28, 2024
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Los Bitchos’ New LP “Talkie Talkie”
The London-based guitar-rock quartet share how everything from cooking to GTA: Vice City inspired their sophomore album, which arrives this week via City Slang.
August 27, 2024
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Katrina Ford Pays Homage to the Landscape of Baltimore’s Harbor with “Dundalk Dungeon”
The single teases a new release from the former Celebration vocalist.
August 27, 2024
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Puddled Are Making Big Changes on New Track “Between”
The single arrives with the news that the Philadelphia-based group’s self-titled debut EP is arriving September 26 via Crafted Sounds.
August 27, 2024
