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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Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.
Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.
Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
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First Listen
Frog Eyes Are Feeling the Rut on New Single “I See the Same Things”
Ironically, the Vancouver collective feels rejuvenated on the first track to be shared from their latest record, The Open Up.
January 14, 2025
Film + TV
Get Ready for 24 Hours of Brian Eno
On January 24, Gary Hustwit’s regenerative Eno documentary will be livestreamed in several iterations along with Q&As with the film’s crew and other special guests.
January 13, 2025
TOKiMONSTA Returns with grouptherapy. Collab “Feel It” Ahead of New LP
Eternal Reverie, the producer’s first new LP since 2020, arrives March 7 via her own Young Art Records.
January 13, 2025
Sports Team Process America’s Fixation with Firearms on New Single “Bang Bang Bang”
The seriously unserious UK rockers’ third album Boys These Days arrives May 23.
January 10, 2025
SPELLLING Returns Re-Energized on New Single “Portrait of My Heart”
Chrystia Cabral’s newly announced album of the same name drops March 28 via Sacred Bones.
January 08, 2025
clipping. Return with New Cyberpunk LP “Dead Channel Sky”
The experimental rap project shares a new single called “Change the Channel” ahead of the LP’s March 14 release via Sub Pop.
January 08, 2025
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Alt-Metal Albums From 2024 You Should Know
The year’s most discourse-worthy experimental metal records, according to our Senior Editor.
January 07, 2025
Panda Bear Returns with New Single “Ferry Lady”
The Animal Collective co-founder’s first solo album in six years, Sinister Grift, is out February 28 via Domino.
January 06, 2025
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Albums From 2024 You Should Know
The year’s most discourse-worthy records, according to our Senior Editor.
January 03, 2025
First Listen
Haunted Horses Seek a Way Forward on Liminal New Single “Temple of Bone”
The doomy post-punk band’s fourth album Dweller lands January 10 via Three One G Records.
December 18, 2024
First Listen
Blood Lemon Tap Into Romance Novels and Found Footage for New “High Tide” Video
Led by current Built to Spill bassist Melanie Radford, the trio’s Petite Deaths EP is scheduled to arrive January 17 via Moon Ruins.
December 17, 2024
Röyksopp Release New Ambient LP “Nebulous Nights”
Reinterpreting 2022’s Profound Mysteries triple album, the new project aims to “underline the importance of critical thinking and curious pondering.”
December 13, 2024
First Listen
CAPYAC and Reggie Watts Team Up for New “Songs From Celestial City” EP, Share First Single
“Dreamwalking” lands ahead of the collaborators’ ode to LA (and dance music), landing February 28 via Nettwerk.
December 12, 2024
First Listen
Zeta and Anthony Green Lean Into Their Support Systems in Video for New Single “Steps”
It’s the second teaser from the Venezuelan post-hardcore group’s first English-language LP, Was It Medicine to You?, out January 9 via Born Losers.
December 06, 2024
First Listen
Cootie Catcher Play Broken Telephone in Video for New Track “Friend of a Friend”
The indie-pop quartet will release their new LP Shy at First on March 14.
December 05, 2024
First Listen
Moonchild Sanelly Readies Her New Year’s Resolution with New Track “To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila)”
The single lands ahead of the South African pop-rapper’s third LP Full Moon, dropping January 10 via Transgressive.
December 05, 2024
First Listen
Maia Friedman Celebrates Ephemeral Moments on New Single “On Passing”
The songwriter’s first new material since her 2022 debut solo record is out via Last Gang/MNRK.
December 04, 2024
54 More Arguments for Naming Your New Music Project Something More Specific
From Horsegirl and horsegiirL to TisaKorean and TiaCorine, here are some of 2024’s most indistinguishable sets of artist names.
December 03, 2024
First Listen
Footballhead Prep for Winter Tour with New Single “Sliver”
In addition to a set of December headlining dates, the Chicago rockers will open for Taking Back Sunday and Sweet Pill this Saturday in New Jersey.
December 03, 2024
First Listen
Knifeplay Bridge the Gap Between “Animal Drowning” and LP3 with Dual Single “Spirit Echo” and “Cry Babies”
The two tracks were initially revealed to the Philly shoegazers’ Bandcamp followers earlier this month.
November 26, 2024
