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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Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.
BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.
Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
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First Look
Basically Nancy Share an Appropriately Gothic Black-and-White Video for “Wounds”
The Savannah-based rockers recently followed up their self-titled debut album with a Steve Albini–produced EP of the same title.
September 17, 2024
Playlist
Honeyglaze’s “Real Deal” Influences Playlist
Before releasing their sophomore album this Friday, the London trio shares how Warpaint, Scott Walker, Destiny’s Child, and more helped shape their vision.
September 16, 2024
First Look
Big Ups Look Back on Their Time Together with New Mini-Documentary “3 Parts Together”
Six years after disbanding, the NYC noise-rockers reunite to discuss their newly reissued debut album Eighteen Hours of Static, community, and their unique legacy.
September 16, 2024
First Listen
Matt Pond PA Recount the Perils of Life in the Catskills on New Single “Those Wings”
The new single featuring The Head and the Heart’s Jonathan Russell lands ahead of the band’s guest-heavy new album titled Winged Horse, which drops in January.
September 13, 2024
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EXUM Leans Into Eerie Outsider Folk on New Track “All My Days”
Former NFL player Antone Exum Jr. will release his new album hole on October 25, preceded by the sparse lead single.
September 13, 2024
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Morpho Studies the Astrophysics of a Relationship on Debut Single “Prism”
Chicago-based songwriter Kristyn Chapman will release her introductory EP Morpho Season on November 15 via Hit the North Records.
September 12, 2024
First Listen
Beau Misplace Their Desires on New Single “What Are You Doing to Me”
The duo of Heather Goldin and Emma Jenney will return in October with Girl Cried Wolf, their first full-length in nearly a decade.
September 12, 2024
Playlist
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
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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
First Listen
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
