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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Pom Pom Squad’s Songs That Celebrate Their Journey to Queerness
Mia Berrin threw together a playlist of songs that helped her own her queer identity.
June 22, 2020
Half Gringa Announces Sophomore Album “Force to Reckon” with “1990”
The reflection on intrusive thoughts is the first single to precede the LP, out August 28.
June 22, 2020
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Meet Me @ the Altar’s Songs That Shaped Their Pop-Punk Sound
The trio share fifteen tracks that inspire their vibrant take on punk.
June 18, 2020
Sundressed Share a Video for the Millennial Anthem “Oh Please”
All proceeds from the single benefit the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 18, 2020
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Advertisement Share the Sprawling, Proggy “Freedom,” as Well as 22 Songs That Shaped It
It’s the second single from their debut album, American Advertisement, out July 10.
June 17, 2020
Teyana Taylor Announces New LP “The Album,” Out This Friday
The R&B songwriter’s new record includes verses from Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, and many more.
June 16, 2020
Track by Track
Muzz Break Down Their Self-Titled Debut Album Track by Track
Interpol’s Paul Banks, The Walkmen’s Matt Barrick, and Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh Kaufman give us the details on their first LP together.
June 15, 2020
LISTEN: Push Push and Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Share the Cathartic “ACAB”
The South African rapper delivers an intense electro-pop single with a pretty straightforward message.
June 12, 2020
PREMIERE: Lionel Boy Confronts Gloom, Smoke, and Monotony on “Lately”
The Hawaii-born songwriter shares the latest from his debut EP, “Who Is Dovey?”
June 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Sonny Falls Introduces New Double LP with “People on Porches” and “Filling in the Blanks”
The Chicago songwriter will unveil the rest of “All That Has Come Apart / Once Did Not Exist” two songs at a time.
June 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Mansions Take a Step Back from Their Usual Tricks on “PPV”
Chris Browder and Robin Dove share the latest from “Big Bad,” their first album in seven years.
June 11, 2020
PREMIERE: Death Valley Girls Take on Daniel Johnston’s “Rock ’n’ Roll/EGA”
The single arrives ahead of DVG’s “Breakthrough” EP, arriving this Friday via Suicide Squeeze.
June 10, 2020
André 3000 Unveils New Line of Shirts Benefitting Movement for Black Lives
The OutKast rapper shares thirteen new designs available for the next three days.
June 10, 2020
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PLAYLIST: Juan Wauters’ Latin Music That Inspired “Más Canciones De La Onda”
The Uruguayan songwriter shares some tracks that helped him write his new travelogue EP.
June 10, 2020
PREMIERE: Don’t Tell HBO About Dougie Poole’s “The Who’s Who of Who Cares” Video
The Brooklyn songwriter pays homage to “The Sopranos” in the video for his latest single.
June 10, 2020
City of Chicago Finally Cancels Lollapalooza and All Other Remaining Summer Festivals
Organizers promise to instead coordinate a live stream event for Lolla weekend.
June 09, 2020
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PLAYLIST: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s Songs in the Orbit of “Sideways to New Italy”
The jangly Melbourners share a handful of songs they had on repeat when penning their sophomore album.
June 08, 2020
18 New Bandcamp Releases That Support Pro-Black Causes
A guide to some of the day’s most exciting Bandcamp-only releases—and the anti-racist causes they’re supporting.
June 05, 2020
B L A C K I E / photo by Daniel Cavazos
11 Releases from Black Artists We Recommend You Support on Bandcamp Day
Records spanning hip-hop, industrial, hardcore punk, and everything in between.
June 04, 2020
Run the Jewels’ “RTJ4” Is Now Streaming and Available for Free Download
Killer Mike and El-P release their new LP two days before its release date.
June 03, 2020
