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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The Rolling Stones, Black and Blue [Super Deluxe Edition]
The group’s 1976 musical chairs of lead guitarists is rarely cited as anyone’s favorite Stones album, though this package reminds us that it’s among their most alive and spontaneous.
The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [30th Anniversary Edition]
Rising above the odd brand partnerships it came paired with, this opulent quadruple-LP reissue builds off of the already-expansive source material with unearthed live recordings from the band’s creative prime.
The Notwist, Magnificent Fall
This non-chronological batch of remixes and other rarities regales in the utter joy of what must be in the brothers Achers’ heads when they spin gorgeous alchemical gold.
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Bernice’s Favorite Collaborations Playlist
With their new album Cruisin’ out now via Telephone Explosion, the Toronto-based nu-jazz collective lists some of their favorite tracks they’ve contributed to.
April 28, 2023
The Gaslight Anthem Move Ahead with an Open Heart on New Single “Positive Charge”
It’s the New Jersey punks’ first new music since 2014’s Get Hurt LP.
April 28, 2023
Moreish Idols Are Waiting for the Light to Change on New Track “Green Light”
A visualizer for the single arrives alongside the London group’s full Lock Eyes and Collide EP.
April 28, 2023
First Listen
OK Cool Share an Early Stream of Their Ramshackle “fawn” EP
The Chicago duo’s latest release officially drops this Friday via Take a Hike Records, followed by a release show at Schubas on May 4.
April 26, 2023
First Listen
Rusty Santos and Jackie Mendoza Re-Enter the Troposphere on “Halo Dive”
The track will appear on Santos’ newly announced solo LP New Wave in California, arriving July 14.
April 26, 2023
Playlist
Harrison’s “Birds, Bees, the Clouds & the Trees” Influences Playlist
The jazzy R&B composer cites everyone from Karriem Riggins to Vince Guaraldi as inspiration for his latest collection of songs, out this week via Last Gang Records.
April 25, 2023
First Listen
Tiny Ruins Get Lost in a Hedgerow Maze on New Single “Out of Phase”
The Auckland folk-pop group’s fourth album Ceremony arrives this Friday via Ba Da Bing Records.
April 25, 2023
Motown Priest Shares “Hawthorne” Short Film to Accompany New LP of the Same Name
The self-directed visual from the East Coast rapper was inspired by an episode of The Sopranos.
April 24, 2023
Julie Byrne Announces New LP “The Greater Wings,” a Love Letter to Chosen Family
News of the songwriter’s first album since 2017 arrives with a video for its lead single, “Summer Glass.”
April 24, 2023
First Listen
Odonis Odonis Team Up with Tobacco on “Beast,” the First Single From New Collaborations EP
Arriving June 9, Icon also features tracks with A Place to Bury Strangers, SUUNS, Patriarchy, and others.
April 21, 2023
First Listen
Harmless Faces an Uphill Climb on New Single “As I Lay Chillin”
The new track follows last year’s Mr. Baby EP.
April 20, 2023
EssayFilm + TV
“The Weather Man” Is a Tragedy About Navigating Adulthood as an Absolute Idiot
As Nicolas Cage reteams with Nicholas Hoult in Renfield, we revisit the actors’ original pairing in a deeply human movie about weaving through all the fast food beverages life throws at you.
April 19, 2023
Playlist
Petite Noir’s Noirwave Playlist
With his sophomore LP MotherFather out now, Yannick Ilunga shares 20 essential tracks from the musical and cultural movement he coined.
April 18, 2023
First Listen
Bunny Michael Shares a Love Ballad for the End Times with “Sure Thing”
It’s the multimedia artist’s latest hard-hitting rap cut from their forthcoming Angels Everywhere EP, dropping this Friday.
April 18, 2023
Track by Track
Covet Walk Us Through the Fantasy World of Their New LP “Catharsis”
Yvette Young breaks down each track on the mathy trio’s third full-length, out now on Triple Crown Records.
April 17, 2023
Gabe ’Nandez Takes an Objective Look at Drug Use on New Track “Transactions”
The East Coast rapper shares a trippy visual leading up to his Tony Seltzer–produced Pangea LP, arriving later this week via POW Recordings.
April 17, 2023
Playlist
Fire-Toolz’s “I am upset because I see something that is not there.” Influences Playlist
Chicago-based industrial-electronic musician Angel Marcloid shares a tracklist that spans genres in a way that parallels her new LP.
April 14, 2023
First Listen
Vanity Mirror Show Off Their Extensive Vintage Wardrobes in Video for New Single “Dandelion Wish”
The lo-fi rock duo’s album PUFF is out on May 12 via We Are Busy Bodies.
April 14, 2023
First Listen
Tunic Rage Against the 40-Hour Work Week on New Single “Disease”
David Schellenberg takes us deeper into the latest cut from the Winnipeg noise-punks’ forthcoming LP Wrong Dream.
April 12, 2023
First Listen
Night Beats Are Cooking Again on New Single “Hot Ghee”
Danny Lee Blackwell also fields questions about his newly announced fifth album Rajan, arriving July 14 via Suicide Squeeze and Fuzz Club.
April 12, 2023
