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 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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Flat Worms Seek to Control Their Own Narrative on New Track “Suburban Swans”
The LA post-punks’ latest record Witness Marks arrives September 22 via God? Records, Ty Segall’s Drag City imprint.
July 26, 2023
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Neckbolt Battle Sleep Paralysis Demons in Video for New Single “Fung Wah or Lucky Star”
The Austin/OKC-based noise rockers’ sophomore album (dream dump) will arrive September 22 via Born Yesterday Records.
July 26, 2023
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Gold Dime’s New Track “Wasted Wanted” Comes Appropriately Paired with a Visual Cacophony
No More Blue Skies, Andrya Ambro’s third album under the no-nonsense no-wave moniker, is out October 20 via No Gold.
July 25, 2023
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Ruth Garbus Announces New LP “Alive People” with First Two Singles “Mono No Aware” and “Healthy Gamer”
The new collection of folk-rock “self-help hymns” arrives August 25 via Orindal Records.
July 24, 2023
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Santa Chiara Questions the American Dream in Video for New Single “Visa”
Co-directed by her husband Ron Gallo, the visual arrives ahead of Chiara D’Anzieri’s first English-language LP Imported.
July 24, 2023
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst, Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Budgie, and Producer Jacknife Lee Announce Debut LP
The title track from the guest-heavy Los Angeles arrives today with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy on vocals.
July 24, 2023
The Gaslight Anthem Enlist Bruce Springsteen for Title Track From First LP in Nearly a Decade
History Books is out October 27 via the band’s own Thirty Tigers imprint Rich Mahogany Recordings.
July 21, 2023
Playlist
Blondshell’s Pre–Bleached Festival Playlist
Before taking the stage in San Diego the weekend of August 5, Sabrina Teitelbaum shares 11 tracks she’s been jamming on tour.
July 20, 2023
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Pearla Tries to Stay Grounded on New Single “Get in Touch with You”
Nicole Rodriguez shares an unreleased track ahead of upcoming live dates with Miss Grit, A.O. Gerber, and Kacy & Clayton.
July 20, 2023
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Islands Gives in to the Chaos on New Single “Superstitious”
And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, Nick Thorburn’s ninth album with the project, is out August 25.
July 19, 2023
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Rebounder Run It Back with Purr’s Eliza Barry Callahan in Video for New Single “Library”
The NYC indie-rock troupe’s EP Sundress Songs drops September 22.
July 19, 2023
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Kate Teague Shares a Dispatch From a Sleepless Night with New Song “I Feel Bad For My Dog”
The Memphis-based songwriter’s new EP Loose Screw will arrive August 11.
July 18, 2023
Goth Babe Shares Trailer for New Short Film (and Debut Album) “Lola” Along with New Single
“Bioluminescence” arrives ahead of the new LP, dropping some time this fall via Mom+Pop Music.
July 17, 2023
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Gabby’s World Acknowledges a Crumbling Friendship on New Single “Just For You to Hear”
The track is the eighth monthly release from Gabby Sword, Gabby Smith’s second album under the new moniker arriving in December.
July 13, 2023
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Bruce Haack Explains How Music Works on First Sample of Kramer-Remastered “Captain Entropy” LP
Shimmy-Disc is re-releasing the 1974 experimental album from the late composer on vinyl with 20 minutes of unreleased music included with its digital component.
July 13, 2023
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JayWood Announces “Grow On” EP with Song of the Summer Contender “Dirk Gently (Know Yourself)”
The follow-up release to Jeremy Haywood-Smith’s Captured Tracks debut Slingshot is out August 11.
July 12, 2023
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Zilched Chart the Distance Between Freedom and Unity on New Single “Loveless”
Chloe Drallos also announces a North American tour in support of Earthly Delights, her new album out August 11 via Young Heavy Souls.
July 12, 2023
Playlist
Tiberius b’s Favorite New South London Artists Playlist
Their new EP Din is out now via Mark Ronson’s label Zelig Music.
July 11, 2023
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Frankie and the Witch Fingers Share Dystopian Visions in Video for New Single “Futurephobic”
The LA psych-punks’ new LP Data Doom lands September 1 via Greenway Records and The Reverberation Appreciation Society.
July 11, 2023
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LUCI Makes a Wish in New “11:11” Video
The loose single follows last September’s Juvenilia EP.
July 11, 2023
