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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The Los Angeles Issue
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The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.
Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.
Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
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First Listen
Jad Fair and Kramer Pay Homage to Daniel Johnston on Polished Up “True Love Will Find You in the End” Cover
The track originally appeared on the 2006 celebration of Johnston’s work I Killed the Monster, which has been remastered and released for the first time on vinyl and cassette.
February 10, 2023
First Listen
Matthew Logan Vasquez’s “Over It” Video Is a Reminder to Not Take Himself Too Seriously
The Delta Spirit vocalist’s fourth solo album As All Get Out gets an April 7 release date via Nine Mile Records.
February 10, 2023
Depeche Mode Balance Melancholy and Joy on New Single “Ghosts Again”
The track arrives with the news that their 15th album Memento Mori is set to arrive March 24 via Columbia Records.
February 09, 2023
First Listen
Newski Revisit Momentous Scenes From American History in Video for New Single “Chemicals”
The latest track from the Wisconsin rockers’ forthcoming Friend Rock features their friend Matthew Caws of Nada Surf.
February 09, 2023
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NOLAN fka Nods to the Lo-Fi Hip-Hop Community on New Single “QT (let’s chill)”
The rapper formerly known as Nolan the Ninja has announced his new LP don’t get TOO excited will arrive February 23.
February 08, 2023
EssayFilm + TV
An Ode to the Borders Bookstore DVD Section
Looking back on a specific category of mediocre indie film that seemed to thrive in the aughts parallel to the shuttered retailer.
February 07, 2023
Playlist
Quasi’s “Breaking the Balls of History” Influences Playlist
Janet Weiss shares 10 tracks that have found their way into the duo’s DNA from the very beginning.
February 07, 2023
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FACS Grow Apart and Come Together on New Single “When You Say”
The Chicago post-punk trio announces their new album Still Life in Decay will arrive April 7 via Trouble in Mind.
February 07, 2023
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Hooray for Earth Share Unreleased Track “La Que” From New “True Loves” Reissue
Noel Heroux shares what’s next for the project as their 2011 LP gets its first vinyl reissue.
February 03, 2023
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Belted Sweater Share an Early Stream of Their Synth-Punk Covers EP “Health Goth”
Christopher Patrick Gregory’s takes on Sisters of Mercy, Killing Joke, and The Rapture officially drops tomorrow.
February 02, 2023
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Tropical Fuck Storm Cover All 14 Minutes (and More) of Jimi Hendrix’s “1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”
The epic single arrives ahead of the Australian group’s kind-of covers EP Submersive Behaviour, out tomorrow via Joyful Noise.
February 02, 2023
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Songs From December 2022 & January 2023 You Should Know
The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
February 01, 2023
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The Black Tones Dig Deep Into the Blues on New Single “Blue Matrimony”
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready helped with arrangements on the track.
February 01, 2023
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Gossimer Reflects on the Tension Between Country and City Living on New Single “Running Dry”
Jennifer Williams’ new album Mountain Misery arrives February 24 via Anxiety Blanket Records.
January 31, 2023
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The Rural Alberta Advantage Hype Their Upcoming Tour with New Single “Plague Dogs”
The track’s music video teases the US dates kicking off in mid-February with footage from the band’s November set in Toronto.
January 31, 2023
Yves Tumor Punches the Clock at the Large Nail Factory in New “Echolalia” Video
The Gulliver’s Travels–by-way-of-hell visual arrives ahead of the songwriter’s newly announced LP and tour.
January 30, 2023
Lil Yachty’s Gone Straight-Up Vintage Psych-Rock on New Album “Let’s Start Here.”
The rapper’s new album takes a full-on pivot to space rock, neo-psych, and funk.
January 27, 2023
Track by Track
King Tuff Takes Us Through His Love Letter to Plants “Smalltown Stardust” Track by Track
Kyle Thomas’ botanical fifth LP—co-written and co-produced by SASAMI—is out now via Sub Pop.
January 27, 2023
Tchotchke Find Themselves in a ’70s Housewife Fantasy in the Video for New Single “Come on, Sean”
The single follows the NYC trio’s self-titled debut, produced by The Lemon Twigs.
January 26, 2023
Reviews
Sightless Pit, “Lockstep Bloodwar”
The collab-heavy second LP from Full of Hell’s Dylan Walker and The Body’s Lee Buford reflects the subtler shades of terror present in living beyond the apocalypse prophesied in their debut.
January 26, 2023
