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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Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums
This new box breaks down seven well-framed sets of sessions spanning 1983 to 2018, essentially designed as full-album capsules of mood previously deemed unfit for canonization.
Gelli Haha, Switcheroo
The songwriter’s debut is carefree, sleazy, fundamentally arresting dance music—a multi-sensory circus serving to wallpaper the halls of dance-pop history with neon, acid-tinged nonsense.
Wavves, Spun
The LA band’s eighth LP eschews distortion in favor of a cleaner pop-punk sound that both spotlights Nathan Williams’ songwriting chops and dulls the project’s compelling eccentricities.
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death’s dynamic shroud Announce New EP “Messe de E-102” with a Video for the Title Track
The vaporwave trio’s latest collection of songs drops July 31 via—where else—100% Electronica.
June 22, 2022
Julien Baker, Tomberlin, Faye Webster, and More Featured on New Comp “Through the Soil II,” Out Now
All funds from the 37-track Bandcamp-only collection benefit The Trevor Project.
June 22, 2022
First Listen
Attia Taylor Looks Back on Late-Teen Romance on New Single “Broad and Cherry”
The track arrives ahead of the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s buzzing album Space Ghost, out July 8 via Lame-O.
June 22, 2022
First Listen
Living Hour Take a Mental Vacation in the Video for New Single “No Body”
The Winnipeg-based dream pop group’s Jay Som co-produced third album Someday Is Today arrives September 2 via Kanine Records.
June 22, 2022
Playlist
PENDANT Shares a Playlist of Songs He Discovered Through Skate Videos That Influenced “Harp”
Chris Adams walks us through a selection of tracks that helped shape his recent shapeshifting LP.
June 15, 2022
First Listen
Alex the Astronaut Makes Big Adjustments on New Single “Haircut”
Her sophomore album How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater is out July 22 via Nettwerk.
June 15, 2022
First Listen
Dogbreth Become Cleansed by the Sonoran Desert on New Single “Valley of the Moon”
The Tristan Jemsek–led project will release their latest album Believe This Rain at the end of the summer.
June 14, 2022
Plato III Brings His Past with Him on “The Devil Has Texas”
The LA-based rapper talks how growing up in Abilene shaped his debut album with Polyvinyl Records.
June 13, 2022
Film + TV
Watch David Lynch’s Video Tribute to His Late Musical Collaborator Julee Cruise
The groundbreaking dream-pop vocalist passed away yesterday aged 65.
June 10, 2022
Tenacious D Share Medley of The Who Songs with Proceeds Benefiting Gun Safety Org
In addition to releasing the 7-inch, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are also launching a line of fiber bars.
June 08, 2022
First Listen
Kal Marks Return with New LP “My Name Is Hell,” Televangelize in Video for New Track “Ovation”
Carl Shane’s noise-rock project’s first release with a new lineup will arrive August 5 via Exploding in Sound.
June 08, 2022
First Listen
Air Waves Announce New LP “The Dance,” Share New Single “Wait”
Ahead of the record’s September 9 release via Fire Records, Nicole Schneit reveals a video for a new track.
June 07, 2022
Track by Track
Poliça Take Us Into the Mouth of “Madness”
Channy Leaneagh breaks down each track on the Minneapolis collective’s experimental new LP, out now via Memphis Industries.
June 03, 2022
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from April & May 2022 You Should Know
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
June 01, 2022
First Listen
Tijuana Panthers’ Latest Single Is an Earnest Ode to Slackers
The West Coast punks’ new album Halfway to Eighty is out June 24 via Innovative Leisure.
June 01, 2022
Playlist
10 Songs That Inspired Just Mustard While Writing “Heart Under”
The atmospheric Irish rockers’ new album arrives this week via Partisan Records.
May 26, 2022
First Listen
Dead Waves Share an Early Stream of Their Eerily Calm “Abandoned Children” EP
The Panopoulos brothers’ first release since 2018’s God of the Wild officially drops tomorrow via Entheon Records.
May 26, 2022
First Listen
Alice Cohen’s Stop-Motion Video for “Bodies in Motion” Depicts Exactly That
The single arrives ahead of the avant-synthpop artist’s seventh album Moonrising, out July 8.
May 25, 2022
Playlist
The Bruce Lee Band Share Their Heavy Rotation Playlist Ahead of the Release of “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”
Mike Park compiles 19 songs he had on repeat while the ska supergroup’s latest release came together.
May 24, 2022
First Listen
Carlos Truly Sings From the POV of a Houseplant on New Single “Vessel”
The Ava Luna songwriter’s debut solo album—co-produced with Nick Hakim and Tony Seltzer—arrives July 1.
May 24, 2022
