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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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
Johanna Samuels Shares an Ode to Chosen Family with New Song “The Rest of Us”
A video for the reflective single arrives ahead of Samuels’ sophomore LP Bystander, out this Friday via Jealous Butcher.
June 21, 2023
Track by Track
Origami Angel Take Us Through Their Summer-y “The Brightest Days” Mixtape
Ryland Heagy breaks down each track on the East Coast punks’ experimental new release.
June 20, 2023
First Listen
Activity Share a Mysterious Video for Equally Cryptic New Single “Department of Blood”
Spirit in the Room , the second LP from the post-punk group boasting members of Grooms and Russian Baths, is out August 4 on Western Vinyl.
June 20, 2023
Michael Love Michael Shares a Message of Collective Liberation with “Death Row” Video
In celebration of Juneteenth and Pride Month, the NYC-based songwriter unveils a visual for the track from her 2022 LP To Build Me a House.
June 19, 2023
Track by Track
Bonny Doon Take Us Through Their Patient New LP “Let There Be Music” Track by Track
Bobby Colombo and Bill Lennox break down each song on their third album, out now via ANTI-.
June 16, 2023
First Listen
Aaron Taos and Jordana Rework The Strokes’ “Under Control” as a Slow-Burning Duet
The songwriters share a video of their cover, which they filmed in Brooklyn.
June 15, 2023
Playlist
Bad Operation and Joe Gittleman’s Past, Present, and Future of Ska Playlist
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones bassist has teamed up with the New Orleans DIY group for an intergenerational ska-punk split, out this Friday via Bad Time Records.
June 14, 2023
First Listen
Stranded Patent the Goth Disco Sound on “Burnt Offerings”
Atlanta-based songwriter David Mansfield leans into post-punk on his first single produced by The Vacant Lots’ Jared Artaud.
June 14, 2023
First Listen
Strange Ranger Get Biblical on New Single “Way Out”
Pure Music, the shapeshifting group’s proper debut for Fire Talk Records, is out July 21.
June 14, 2023
First Listen
Puma Blue Pay Homage to “The Eric Andre Show” in Self-Directed Clip for “O, the Blood!”
Jacob Allen’s directorial debut comes paired with the latest track from his sophomore album, Holy Waters.
June 13, 2023
First Listen
Sedona Watches It All Fall Down in Video for New Single “Domino”
The LA-based songwriter’s debut album is in the works.
June 13, 2023
Sigur Rós Return with Desolate Post-Apocalyptic Video for New Single “‘Blóðberg”
The Icelandic group’s first new material in seven years comes with a visual by Johan Renck, director of HBO’s Chernobyl.
June 12, 2023
Playlist
Django Django’s “Off Planet” Influences Playlist
Dave Maclean shares some of the tracks that inspired the UK project’s foray into house music on their new four-part LP.
June 08, 2023
First Listen
Kitba Lets Go of the Illusion of Control on New Single “Tied to Strings”
Songwriter/harpist Rebecca Kitba Bryson El-Saleh’s self-titled debut arrives July 21 via Ruination Records.
June 07, 2023
Playlist
Dream Wife’s “Social Lubrication” Influences Playlist
From Le Tigre to The Cribs, Rakel Mjöll and Alice Go share 10 songs the London punks looked to when crafting their third LP.
June 06, 2023
Candy Claws Announce “Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time” Reissue for 10-Year Anniversary
The cult neo-psych group will release their first unheard material in a decade with the deluxe release out August 4.
June 05, 2023
First Listen
DITZ Make the Most of Tour Burnout with New Single “Riverstone”
The UK noise-punks’ new track is the latest to arrive from Suicide Squeeze’s Pinks & Purples digital singles series.
June 05, 2023
Bloc Party Connect with KennyHoopla on “Keep It Rolling,” the Band’s First Collaborative Single
The London-based post-punk revivalists are currently on tour with Paramore.
June 02, 2023
Track by Track
Protomartyr Take Us Through Their Existential New LP “Formal Growth in the Desert” Track by Track
Joe Casey breaks down the various themes and theses of the Detroit art-punks’ sixth full-length, out now.
June 02, 2023
Track by Track
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Walks Us Through His World-Build New Self-Titled LP
Adam McIlwee discusses collaborating with Darcy Baylis, Ben Greenberg, and Zola Jesus as he breaks down each song on the new album, out now via Run for Cover.
June 02, 2023
