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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$uicideboy$, Thy Kingdom Come
On their fifth proper LP, Ruby da Cherry and Scrim’s usually dense, trap-imbued soundscapes are open and airier, leaving more room for the duo and their guests to misery-wallow within.
Nuclear Daisies, First Taste of Heaven
The club-ready breakbeats and unrelenting experimentation on the Austin trio’s second LP serve as a deafening clarion call for humanity to get its act together before it’s too late.
Wisp, If Not Winter
Natalie Lu’s debut leans into the “pop” side of dream pop, exploring the double-edged sword of yearning with big builds and a combination of delicacy and pummeling sound.
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Weatherday, “Hornet Disaster”
The Swedish noise-pop experimentalist’s second LP explores a considerably wider array of sounds across its 19 tracks, all through cleaner production.
March 18, 2025
First Listen
Brandon Mournfully Anticipates the Changing Seasons on New Single “September”
Secretly Canadian’s newest signee will release his debut album Before You Go on May 9.
March 18, 2025
First Listen
Club Night Stay Strong on New Single “Judah”
The Oakland group tackles themes of grief and recovery on their second album Joy Coming Down, arriving May 2 via Tiny Engines.
March 18, 2025
Track by Track
Twin Shadow Breaks Down Each Track on His Revitalized New LP “Georgie”
George Lewis’ stripped-back sixth album is out now via Dom Recs.
March 14, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
6 Non-Musical Influences on Bambara’s Neo-Noir Thriller “Birthmarks”
The Brooklyn-based post-punks share how everything from True Detective’s first season to medical research on reincarnation helped shape their fifth album.
March 14, 2025
First Listen
Night Beats Bring Their Giallo Vision to Life with Video for New Track “Behind the Green Door”
Directed by the band’s own Danny Lee Blackwell, the clip lands ahead of a new 7-inch single arriving on April 11 via Suicide Squeeze.
March 12, 2025
Niis Saddle Up for Equestrian “BYD” Video
The LA punks’ debut album Niis World comes out March 28 via Get Better Records.
March 11, 2025
First Listen
The Convenience Pare Down an Extended Experimental Jam with New Single “Opportunity”
The eerie track lands ahead of the New Orleans duo’s sophomore album Like Cartoon Vampires, out April 18 via Winspear.
March 11, 2025
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Iress Make Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For” Their Own with New Cover
The LA doomgaze band is touring the Southwest later this month, with a set of Pacific Northwest dates to follow.
March 11, 2025
First Listen
Horsepower Think a Crush to Death on New Single “Are You Blushing?”
Charlotte Weinman’s debut single lands ahead of her March 12 show at NYC’s Night Club 101 alongside Nautics and S.C.A.B.
March 10, 2025
First Look
The Fever Haze Share an Appropriately Fever-Dream-y Video for “Tender Little Sunshine”
The Michigan dream-pop ensemble’s fourth album Moonbow is out now via Graveface.
March 07, 2025
Track by Track
Chase Petra Take Us Through the Jealousy, Spite, and Catharsis That Fueled “Lullabies for Dogs”
The folk-punks’ follow-up to their 2019 debut is out now via Wax Bodega.
March 07, 2025
First Listen
Korine Let Go of All Attachments on New Single “Twist the Knife”
The new-wave duo’s fourth album A Flame in the Dark lands March 28 via Born Losers.
March 06, 2025
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Sister. Unpack an Intimate Friendship on New Single “Blood in the Vines”
The NYC-based band’s new collaboration with Told Slant’s Felix Walworth arrives with a set of tour dates alongside villagerrr.
March 05, 2025
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L.A. Witch Continue to Shift Toward Colder Post-Punk Influences on New Single “The Lines”
Arriving April 4 via Suicide Squeeze, the psychedelic garage-rockers’ third album DOGGOD promises to open up the trio’s sound.
March 05, 2025
First Listen
BRUIT ≤ Process Our Confused Modern World on New Single “Data”
The French post-rock quartet’s tech-wary second LP The Age of Ephemerality arrives April 25 via Pelagic Records.
March 03, 2025
Track by Track
Deep Sea Diver Walk Us Through Their Shred-Heavy New LP “Billboard Heart”
With the Seattle art-rock project’s fourth album out now via Sub Pop, Jessica Dobson and Peter Mansen share how Gang of Four, The Walkmen, Wilco, and more shaped their vision.
February 28, 2025
Playlist
Miya Folick’s “Music to Have the Best Walk of Your Life To” Playlist
While her new album Erotica Veronica itself also fits the bill, the songwriter shares a collection of stroll-friendly tunes that helped inspire her self-produced third LP.
February 28, 2025
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Heaven’s Club’s New “Free World” EP
The three-song release from Deafheaven’s Shiv Mehra and Marbled Eye’s Chris Natividad officially drops tomorrow via Born Losers.
February 27, 2025
Reviews
Cloakroom, “Last Leg of the Human Table”
Situationally bleaker yet more instrumentally upbeat, the futuristic post-metal outfit’s fourth album echoes the cultural boom that’s accompanied us to the doomsday present.
February 26, 2025
