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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MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
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Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums
This new box breaks down seven well-framed sets of sessions spanning 1983 to 2018, essentially designed as full-album capsules of mood previously deemed unfit for canonization.
Gelli Haha, Switcheroo
The songwriter’s debut is carefree, sleazy, fundamentally arresting dance music—a multi-sensory circus serving to wallpaper the halls of dance-pop history with neon, acid-tinged nonsense.
Wavves, Spun
The LA band’s eighth LP eschews distortion in favor of a cleaner pop-punk sound that both spotlights Nathan Williams’ songwriting chops and dulls the project’s compelling eccentricities.
Mike LeSuer
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Track by Track
Diet Cig Break Down Their Self-Assured LP “Do You Wonder About Me?” Track by Track
Alex Luciano details each track on the band’s sophomore record, out today via Frenchkiss.
May 01, 2020
Track by Track
Man Man Breaks Down “Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between” Track by Track
Honus Honus spills some words on the seventeen-track LP, out today via Sub Pop.
May 01, 2020
Johanna Warren Shares Her Favorite Carpark Releases
Before dropping her new LP tomorrow, she praises releases from Speedy Ortiz, Animal Collective, and others.
April 30, 2020
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from April 2020 You Should Know
Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
April 30, 2020
PREMIERE: Gatherers Announce Signing to No Sleep Records with New Single “Ad Nauseam, I Drown”
The New Jersey punks’ first NSR release arrives as a limited 7-inch.
April 30, 2020
In Conversation: Stepping Inside Caleb Landry Jones’ Dreams
The songwriter discusses his sprawling debut and his relationship with Sacred Bones.
April 29, 2020
PREMIERE: Art Feynman Watches the Biological Clock Tick on “The Physical Life of Marilyn”
Luke Temple’s single weaves a narrative through Auto-Tune and programmed instrumentation.
April 29, 2020
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Boston Manor’s Songs That Inspired “GLUE”
Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Deftones are among the groups that influenced BM’s latest record.
April 28, 2020
WATCH: Run the Jewels Burn It All Down in “Ooh LA LA” Video
The visual for El-P and Killer Mike’s new anthem is an anti-capitalist utopia.
April 27, 2020
WATCH: PUP Take on Bees in the Video for New Single “Anaphylaxis”
“Bees are not good,” Stefan Babcock screams as we celebrate the first PUP single of 2020.
April 27, 2020
PREMIERE: Pay for Pain Announce Self-Titled Debut EP with “Fallen Angel”
Former Tigers Jaw members Adam McIlwee, Dennis Mishko, and Pat Brier go cow punk.
April 27, 2020
PREMIERE: Ramonda Hammer Pens an Apology on “Big Hands”
The LA grunge band’s latest single was produced by Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin.
April 24, 2020
PREMIERE: Gateway Drugs Share a Day in the Life of the Band in “Slumber” Video
The rainy homemade visual accompanies their second single from “PSA.”
April 23, 2020
PREMIERE: Destroy Boys Feel Boxed in on “Honey I’m Home”
The West Coast punks offer up a blistering quarantine-minded single.
April 23, 2020
PREMIERE: Choir Boy’s “Sweet Candy” Explores the Cravings of Those Denying Themselves Romantic Fullfillment
The SLC dream pop crew share the sugary third single from “Gathering Swans.”
April 22, 2020
Chelsea Peretti Drops Coffee-Themed “Foam and Flotsam” EP, Shares Two Videos
The “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” comedian reveals just how much she’s thought about caffeine this past year.
April 21, 2020
LISTEN: Bright Eyes Share “Forced Convalescence,” Featuring Flea and a Full Choir
It’s the second single Conor Oberst and his band have shared since 2011.
April 21, 2020
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Local Natives’ Songs That Influenced “Megaton Mile”
Guitarist Ryan Hahn shares a few tracks the band leaned on while penning their “Violet Street” single.
April 21, 2020
PREMIERE: The Memories Get Nautical on “In My Heart I Am Sailing”
The LA collective’s latest single with Colleen Green is the third sample from “Pickles & Pies.”
April 20, 2020
PREMIERE: The Curls and Fran Lament the “Nu-Country” in New Video
Maria Jacobson joins the Chicago band on their hazy 4/20 single.
April 20, 2020
