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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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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Film + TV
There’s a New Brian De Palma Movie But We Don’t Have the Energy to Watch the Trailer
Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, and De Palma all have new movies in production or slated for release later this year. Is it OK if we don’t really care?
April 05, 2019
WATCH: Pile Gets Confrontational in “The Soft Hands of Stephen Miller” Video
Rick Maguire takes on the ghoulish policy advisor in the video for the Boston rockers’ latest single.
April 04, 2019
Titus Andronicus Announce New LP “An Obelisk,” Blame Society
The heartland punk outfit teases their sixth album with a very enthusiastic video for lead single “(I Blame) Society.”
April 02, 2019
Film + TV
The Definitive Ranking of Movies with Two-Letter Titles
With “Us” hitting theaters last Friday, we’re ranking the ten most notable pioneering titles kept to two characters.
March 26, 2019
OK, I Guess It’s Time to Rank All Those Active-Verb Bands
It seems weird that we’re able to arrange a top-fifteen list of bands with one-word names ending in -ing, but we might as well do it…right?
March 14, 2019
19 September 2018ñ “The Faint” is photographed at their band space on 26th and Farnam.
The Faint Will Always Be Cut from the Saddle Creek Cloth
Todd Fink talks homework, “Egowerk,” and his band’s early emo work.
March 13, 2019
PREMIERE: Sonny & the Sunsets Share Their Sketchbook in “Someday I’d Like to Be an Artist” Video
The Sunsets provide an experimental soundtrack to the doodled thoughts of a teenaged Sonny Smith.
March 13, 2019
PREMIERE: Russian Baths Address Big Questions on “Parasite”
The Brooklyn noise rock duo gives us a first taste of their yet-untitled full-length debut.
March 12, 2019
“Hospice” at Ten: The Antlers Weren’t Cut Out for Fame, and That’s OK
Before they embark on an intimate anniversary tour, we revisit their third album and remember why they were no Bon Iver—which isn’t a bad thing.
March 07, 2019
Deafheaven Are at Their Heaviest on “Black Brick”
The popular (!) black metal group share a B-side too heavy for “OCHL.”
February 27, 2019
Film + TV
With “Roma” and “Happy as Lazzaro,” Netflix May Have Found a New Way of Reading Its Audience
The extremely Oscar nominated drama and its snubbed peer lead a new generation of content from the streaming service, which seems to focus on millennial passivity.
February 21, 2019
PREMIERE: Sharkmuffin Introduces “Serpentina,” the Star of Their New EP
Meet the space dominatrix inspired by a trip to AutoZone.
February 21, 2019
Film + TV
“Space Jam 2” Will Begin Filming This Summer
You don’t even need to ask—we’re all ready for this.
February 20, 2019
Denzel Curry Covers “Bulls on Parade” for Australian Radio
Florida man bravely steps into ring with Rage Against the Machine staple.
February 15, 2019
Let the Clatter Kill ’Em: P.O.S. Talks Ten Years of “Never Better”
On the last stop of his anniversary tour, the Doomtree rapper offers some insight into the evolution of his uniquely punk take on rap.
February 13, 2019
PLAYLIST: Thelma Shares Music for Pain, Rather Than About Pain
The Brooklyn songwriter compiles ten healing songs that helped her make the leap from guitar to synthesizer for her latest record.
February 08, 2019
Charly Bliss Announce “Young Enough,” Share “Capacity,” Brighten Day
The Japanese Breakfast–directed video precedes Brooklyn’s sugariest power pop quartet’s follow-up to “Guppy.”
February 06, 2019
Last Night Was the Perfect Super Bowl Halftime Show for 2003
A CGI Andy Serkis was the only thing missing from Super Bowl LIII’s accidental homage to sixteen years ago.
February 04, 2019
As Always, the New HEALTH Record Is Darker, Heavier, and Dirtier
Before the release of “VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR,” Jake Duzsik talks us through the many phases of his experimental noise rock band—and the single aesthetic that unifies them.
January 31, 2019
PREMIERE: Shady Bug Announces New LP “Lemon Lime” with Fizzy Single “Make It Up”
The St. Louis–spawned fourpiece tease their Exploding in Sound debut.
January 28, 2019
