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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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.
The Armed, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
The Detroit punks’ sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak.
OK Cool, Chit Chat
The Chicago duo pull the strings taut on their emo-pop debut, adding piano passages, guitar theatrics, and other flourishes to their established college-radio-rock sound.
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Breaking
Jackie Mendoza’s Universe of Sound
The electropop songwriter talks whittling down a vast array of musical influences and emotions into her debut solo album, Galaxia de Emociones.
February 27, 2023
First Listen
Draag Indulge in Gothic Aesthetic and Buddhist Traditions in New “Mitsuwa” Visual
Dark Fire Heresy, the debut album from the LA-based shoegaze collective, arrives April 28.
February 27, 2023
First Listen
LANNDS Harness Unspoken Feelings on New Single “Vega”
Following a string of EPs the duo’s debut album Music for the Future drops this Friday via Run for Cover.
February 27, 2023
Track by Track
Whose Rules Take Us Track by Track Through Their Experimental Pop Debut “Hasler”
Producer/songwriter Marius Elfstedt’s new project is out today via 777 Music.
February 24, 2023
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Rich Aucoin Continues His Recent Obscure-Synth Odyssey with New Single “Pure”
Like its predecessor “We’re in It Together,” the new track came together with the help of a Lowrey Genie organ he stumbled upon at an Airbnb.
February 23, 2023
Reviews
Model/Actriz, “Dogsbody”
The debut full-length from the industrial noise rockers is consistently surprising as it bridges the chasm between droning no wave and free-for-all dance music.
February 22, 2023
First Listen
Jimmy Whispers Announces New LP “The Search for God” with First Single “Hellscape”
The LA-via-Chicago songwriter’s first album in eight years will arrive June 9 on Carpark Records.
February 22, 2023
First Listen
Joh Chase’s Latest Single “Lucky Penny” Celebrates a New Chapter of Songs
The track arrives with the news of the LA-based songwriter’s signing to Kill Rock Stars.
February 21, 2023
First Listen
Watch mui zyu Get Talked to Death in Video for New Single
Eva Liu’s debut album Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century arrives this Friday via Father/Daughter Records.
February 21, 2023
Jean Dawson Shares Pro-Daylight Saving Time Anthem “GHOST*”
Formerly an Apple Music Exclusive, the track is now available everywhere following the songwriter’s 2022 LP CHAOS NOW*.
February 17, 2023
FIDLAR Seek Incompletion on New Single “Centipede”
The West Coast punks revealed that the single will appear on a new EP titled That’s Life, which is set for release on March 17.
February 17, 2023
Playlist
Anna B Savage’s (Slightly Tenuous) “in|FLUX” Influences Playlist
The London-based songwriter shares 15 tracks by friends and collaborators who inspired her to pursue her own sound on the new LP.
February 16, 2023
First Listen
Kosaya Gora Peek Their Heads Above Ground on Folky New Single “Tell Me Dove”
Kedr Livanskiy and Flaty’s collaborative debut Kosogor is out March 17 via 2MR.
February 16, 2023
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Jackie Mendoza Fondly Recalls ’90s-Era MTV in the Video for New Single “Mousetrap”
The trap-infused song teases her forthcoming debut album Galaxia de Emociones, arriving March 3 via ZZK Records.
February 15, 2023
The Lemon Twigs Address Life’s Cyclical Nature on New Single “Any Time of Day”
The D’Addario brothers announce their fourth LP Everything Harmony will arrive May 5 via Captured Tracks.
February 13, 2023
First Listen
TV Star Unmoor Themselves From Societal Pressures on New Single “In-Between”
The jang-psych revivalists will release their debut EP Hallucinate Me this Friday.
February 13, 2023
First Listen
Gilead7 and Boricua Sandy Announce Debut LP as VirgoTwins, Share First Single “Unspoken”
The Tomorrow Kings emcee and underground producer team up with DJ Presyce on the first cut from ArtSpace, out April 21.
February 13, 2023
Beck
Hear Beck’s Introspective New Acoustic Single “Thinking About You”
The track arrives ahead of his late-summer co-headlining North American tour with Phoenix.
February 10, 2023
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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
