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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Viagra Boys, viagr aboys
The Swedish post-punks’ fourth album combines half-assed humor with half-assed performances, filling in the void left by guitar-centric punk with demented synth tinkering.
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.
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Cryogeyser on Continuing to Tether Time Together with New Self-Titled LP
Shawn Marom discusses the past and future of shoegaze, and how their band’s second full-length expands the margins of that genre.
February 13, 2025
First Listen
Clara Mann Recovers From Heartbreak on New Single “Doubled Over”
The London-based folk songwriter’s debut album Rift will arrive on March 7 via state51.
February 12, 2025
First Listen
Bonnie Trash Plod Through Guilt and Existential Questions on “Haunt Me (What Have You Become)”
The Ontario-based rockers’ second album, Mourning You, will arrive February 28 via Hand Drawn Dracula.
February 12, 2025
First Listen
Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor Wander Through Hyrule on New Single “Kokiri”
Over a decade since their last collaboration, the Danish artists’ new collection All Worlds arrives next month via Sacred Bones.
February 11, 2025
Lucy Dacus Leads a ’90s Calvin Klein Photoshoot in Video for New Single “Best Guess”
The songwriter is joined by a cast of “hot mascs” led by Cara Delevigne, Towa Bird, and MUNA’s Naomi McPherson.
February 10, 2025
First Listen
Taxidermists Share a Lo-Fi Winter Anthem with “Does the Wind Know”
Longtime friends Cooper B. Handy (a.k.a. LUCY) and Salvadore McNamara will release their new album 20247 on March 7 via Danger Collective.
February 10, 2025
Track by Track
Matt Pond PA Takes Us Deeper Into His New LP “The Ballad of the Natural Lines”
The songwriter’s reflective 14th album is out now.
February 07, 2025
First Listen
Mekons Pay Homage to Antonioni with Video for New Single “Fallen Leaves”
The Leeds post-punk octet’s latest album, Horror, will arrive on April 4 via Fire Records.
February 06, 2025
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Dorio Reimagine Their Sound on New Single “Make My World”
The latest track from Chad Doriocourt and Rachel Rascoe was inspired by out-of-press CDs from the ’90s and ’00s.
February 05, 2025
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Ferguson Shares an Ode to Freshly Sparked Romance with “Never in My Life”
The upbeat pop single teases a new album from Nashville-based songwriter Ian Ferguson, likely arriving later this year.
February 04, 2025
Doechii Celebrates Best Rap Album GRAMMY Win with New Single “Nosebleeds”
Immediately after securing her first win from the Recording Academy last night, the emcee shares a fiery new single that essentially doubles as an acceptance speech.
February 03, 2025
Bryan Ferry Announces New Spoken-Word Project with Writer Amelia Barratt
Lead single “Orchestra” lands ahead of Loose Talk’s March 28 release date.
January 31, 2025
Art & Culture
Justin Pearson Shares an Excerpt From New Book “GG Alien and the Mystery Meat”
Out tomorrow via Pearson’s own Three One G Records, the book details The Locust frontman’s travails working a seedy, minimum-wage gig in order to keep his various music outlets afloat.
January 30, 2025
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Pictoria Vark Reflects on the Finite Nature of Things with New LP, Shares “San Diego” Single
The songwriter’s second album Nothing Sticks is scheduled to arrive on March 21 via Get Better Records.
January 30, 2025
First Listen
JayWood Makes Big Promises on New Tune-Yards Collab “BIG TINGS”
The single, as its title suggests, precedes a momentous year for the artist.
January 29, 2025
Sleigh Bells Recount Their Fabled Formation on New Single “Wanna Start a Band?”
The duo tease new music while also announcing a North American tour kicking off in May.
January 28, 2025
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Embraces Love and Destruction on New Single “Into Your Eyes”
The prolific electronic artist announces that her latest solo album, Gush, will be out August 22 via Nettwerk.
January 28, 2025
Just Like Heaven Confirms 2025 Lineup, Adds Perfume Genius, Panda Bear, The Sounds, and More
The annual event is scheduled for May 10 at Pasadena’s Brookside at the Rose Bowl.
January 27, 2025
Deafheaven Announce New Album “Lonely People with Power,” Share Thrashy Lead Single
“Magnolia” signals a shift back to black metal after the group’s foray into shoegaze on 2021’s Infinite Granite.
January 27, 2025
First Listen
Big Black Delta Elaborates on the Term “DMT Elf Music” with New Track “Pik Pok”
Johnathan Bates’ fifth album ADONAI will be out February 28, with the instrumental track serving as the latest single.
January 27, 2025
