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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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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Playlist
PLAYLIST: Vundabar’s Songs About Cars, Mystery, and Night
Brandon Hagen breaks down the duo’s influences on “Either Light,” from Robert Smith to Tony Soprano.
March 16, 2020
PREMIERE: Carriers Tap Into a Dream with “Another Guy” Video
Curt Kiser’s first video under the moniker spans a surreal seven minutes.
March 16, 2020
Code Orange Are Live Streaming Their Release Show from an Empty Venue
The industrial metal group will debut their “Underneath” set via Twitch tomorrow night.
March 13, 2020
Record Store Day 2020 Is Being Postponed, Too
The annual vinyl holiday is getting bumped from April 18 to June 20.
March 13, 2020
PREMIERE: Lilith Poke Fun at Fragile Male Egos in “Lines Align” Video
The Boston trio raise one trillion dollars for the FME foundation in the video for the “Safer Off” single.
March 13, 2020
Anyway, There’s a New Killers Album
Rock’s Mr. Brightsides return just in time with the new single “Caution.”
March 12, 2020
Moses Sumney / photo by Adrian Santos
Moses Sumney Calls Out Misrepresentation of Black Indie Artists in Media
The conversation began with a tweet by Complex mislabeling a folk artist as a “soul” singer.
March 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Sugar High Announce Debut LP “Love Addict,” Share Single “Losing”
King Woman’s Kris Esfandiari and Wicca Phase producer Darcy Baylis discuss their new collab.
March 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Surfer Blood’s “Karen” Video Captures the Otherworldly Landscapes of Florida
John Paul Pitts talks the new single, Wipers, “Fast Jaboni,” and Florida Man.
March 10, 2020
TUNE IN: Iggy Pop Streaming “Free” Listening Event and Q&A Tomorrow
The rocker will share a recap of last Saturday’s pop-up event on his YouTube channel.
March 09, 2020
Track by Track
Bartees Strange Breaks Down His EP of The National Covers Track by Track
“Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy” drops this Friday—here’s what he has to say about the songs he chose to cover.
March 09, 2020
PREMIERE: RG Lowe’s “Sorrow” Is About Cultural Seduction and Vapidity
Balmorhea co-founder Rob Lowe’s sophomore album “Life of the Body” is out May 22 via Western Vinyl.
March 09, 2020
PREMIERE: Hear Kelly Moran’s New Single “Sodalis” from Field Works’ “Ultrasonic”
Stuart Hyatt’s chiropteran (look it up) eighth album in the Field Works series arrives May 1.
March 06, 2020
WATCH: Porches Relives Gym Class Trauma in “Patience” Video
Aaron Maine gets ambushed with basketballs in the clip for his latest “Ricky Music” single.
March 05, 2020
PREMIERE: Trace Mountains Explore the Complexities of “Rock & Roll”
Dave Benton shares the opening track from his second LP as TM, out April 10.
March 05, 2020
PREMIERE: NOVA ONE Explores Emotional Resilience on “lovable”
Roz Raskin’s latest single from their album of the same name is another time capsule of vibrant ’60s pop.
March 04, 2020
Film + TVPlaylist
PLAYLIST: Disq’s Songs To Cry To
With their upbeat debut dropping this Friday, the Madison post-punks share their favorite weep-tunes.
March 03, 2020
Sonic Boom Announces “All Things Being Equal,” His First New LP in Over 20 Years
First single “Just Imagine” arrives today with an appropriately trippy visual.
March 03, 2020
PREMIERE: Strap in for Jade Hairpins’ Video for Album Opener “J Terrapin”
The Fucked Up offshoot’s debut “Harmony Avenue” is out May 29 via Merge Records.
March 03, 2020
PREMIERE: Catholic Action Share “Sing-Along Catastrophe” “Yr Old Dad”
The Glasgow garage rock collective prepare for the March 27 release of their LP “Celebrated by Strangers.”
March 03, 2020
