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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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.
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Frank Ene Tours an Abandoned Train Station in His “No Longer” Video
Ene’s debut LP of the same name is out today via Empty Cellar Records.
July 10, 2020
Art & Culture
Catch Phoebe Bridgers on the Debut Episode of Zack Fox’s Live Stream Series “RELEASED!”
Kitao Sakurai and IHEARTCOMIX are behind the program launching this Sunday on Twitch.
July 08, 2020
Film + TV
It’s Time to Talk About Viggo Mortensen and Buckethead’s Collaborative Album “Pandemoniumfromamerica”
It’s the duo’s third collaboration, but their only project featuring three Hobbits and Noam Chomsky.
July 01, 2020
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from the First Half of 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 months.
June 30, 2020
Relax Your Mind with Eddie Chacon’s “My Mind Is Out of Its Mind”
The soulful single comes from the vocalist’s album “Pleasure, Joy and Happiness,” out July 10.
June 29, 2020
Frank Turner Takes on NOFX’s “Falling in Love” for Forthcoming Split LP
Expect “West Coast vs. Wessex” out July 31.
June 29, 2020
Playlist
Becca Mancari’s Songs About Staying True
The playlist arrives along with the Nashville songwriter’s “The Greatest Part,” out today via Captured Tracks.
June 26, 2020
Mountain Time Enlists Cursive’s Tim Kasher to Direct “Rosemary, Etc.” Video
The solo project of Mineral’s Chris Simpson celebrates the release of “Music for Looking Animals” today.
June 26, 2020
Tough Age Announce New LP “Which Way Am I?” With Lead Single “Repose”
The Toronto band’s fourth album drops August 7 via Mint Records.
June 26, 2020
Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder Announce Debut as Dinner Party
Their self-titled will drop July 10 via Sounds of Crenshaw/Empire.
June 25, 2020
Outside Lands Reveals Massive Initial Lineup for 2021, Including Tame Impala, Lizzo, and The Strokes
The SF festival will make up for lost time with Tyler, the Creator, The 1975, and J Balvin already locked in.
June 24, 2020
Watch Bright Eyes Play Together for the First Time in Nearly a Decade on “Colbert”
Conor Oberst’s band performed their new song “Mariana Trench” from their newly announced album.
June 23, 2020
Playlist
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
Playlist
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
Playlist
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
