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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MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
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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
Sunnbrella Creates Tension Between Beauty and Decay on New Single “Nothing Forever”
The pulsing track arrives ahead of David Zbirka’s new album Gutter Angel, which is out April 18 via Music Website.
March 26, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
8 Non-Musical Influences on clipping.’s Pivot to Cyberpunk, “Dead Channel Sky”
The experimental rap trio shares how William Gibson (obviously), hacktivism, and computer-generated novelty posters from the ’90s helped shape the record’s concept.
March 25, 2025
First Listen
Bedridden Blow Off Some Steam on New Single “Philadelphia Get Me Through”
The Brooklyn noise-pop band’s debut album Moths Strapped to Each Other’s Backs will arrive on April 11 via Julia’s War.
March 25, 2025
First Listen
Great Grandpa Get Spiritual on New Ode to Parenthood “Never Rest”
Patience, Moonbeam, the band’s first record in over five years, is out this Friday via Run for Cover.
March 24, 2025
Playlist
Ora the Molecule’s Women in Disco Playlist
With the Norwegian nu-disco queen’s album Dance Therapy out now via Mute, Nora Schjelderup introduces us to some of the global figures who helped pave the way for her.
March 21, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Brian D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs’ Debut Album, “Till the Morning”
The songwriter shares how Tarkovsky, greenspace, and pizza helped shape the record’s 11 songs.
March 20, 2025
First Listen
Jawdropped Chase Their Hollywood Fever Dream in Video for New Single “Fantasy”
The LA band’s debut EP Just Fantasy drops April 25 via Angel Tapes.
March 19, 2025
Reviews
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
First Listen
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
