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)
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MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
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Alex G, Headlights
Alex Giannascoli’s major-label debut earnestly embraces dated musical tropes only to turn them on their heads as they soundtrack explosions of messy emotional honesty.
Billie Marten, Dog Eared
The British indie-folk songwriter’s fifth album is aided by a full-band even in its most personal moments, as Marten reflects on indelible scenes from childhood as seen through adult eyes.
Flooding, Object 1
The Kansas City trio ushers in a new kind of tenderness with an EP running the gamut from slowcore to screamo, one that’s vulnerable and violent and completely captivating.
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Don’t Worry, a Jeff Rosenstock Live Album Is Now Available for Pre-Order
The recording of a recent 29-track set at Bowery Ballroom comes with a 76-page book of photos by Hiro Tanaka.
October 14, 2019
Events
10 Desert Daze Artists You May Not Know You Need to See
George Clanton, The Paranoyds, Surfbort, and others, explained.
October 11, 2019
PREMIERE: Bent Knee Get Guttural in “Catch Light” Video
The proggy Boston experimentalists celebrate release day with an arty new visual.
October 11, 2019
PREMIERE: Dead Soft Search for Home on “Trimmer”
The third and final pre-album single from “Big Blue” is full of grungy longing.
October 10, 2019
Deathbomb Arc Announces LA Showcase feat. Robedoor, Ed Balloon, William Hutson, and More
Along with the news, the eclectic label offers up an early stream of Robedoor’s new record, “Negative Legacy.”
October 09, 2019
The 10 Hottest Chris Farrens, Ranked
The power pop songwriter lives every artist’s dream and ranks ten of his stunning “Born Hot” self-portraits for us.
October 09, 2019
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PREMIERE: Consumer Ushers in the Apocalypse with “The Mills” and “In Computers Part 1”
The two-song pairing is the latest meditation on late capitalism from the Have a Nice Life side-project.
October 09, 2019
PREMIERE: Fletcher C Johnson’s “In My Time” Video Is an Homage to Georges Méliès
The folksy songwriter shares the first video from his podcast-released new album “Are You Feelin’ It.”
October 09, 2019
WATCH: Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Shares Eleven-Minute Video for “Suffer On”
The title track to the genreless rapper’s latest LP plays on repeat to accommodate its lengthy visual.
October 08, 2019
LISTEN: Lucy Dacus Haunts the Shit Out of “In the Air Tonight”
The Phil Collins classic gets a spooky makeover for Dacus’s newly announced “2019” EP.
October 08, 2019
PREMIERE: Guerilla Toss Find Their Own Truth on “Future Doesn’t Know”
The reinvigorated Boston dance-punks look ahead on their latest single from their forthcoming “What Would the Odd Do?” EP.
October 07, 2019
PREMIERE: Tempers Go Beyond Themselves on “Guidance”
The pulsing single is the third cut from their forthcoming Dais Records debut, “Private Life.”
October 04, 2019
WATCH: Chromatics Share Retro Video for “You’re No Good”
The first official single from the two-day old album comes to life with a Johnny Jewel–directed video.
October 04, 2019
Tropical Fuck Storm Stick to Their Guns
While touring LP “Braindrops,” the Australian band shares their secrets to being a rare innovative rock band in 2019.
October 03, 2019
LISTEN: Chromatics Drop New LP “Closer to Grey”
The Portland-based synthwave group gives us something a bit more substantial to chew on as we anticipate “Dear Tommy.”
October 02, 2019
PREMIERE: Caravela Make a Run for It in “Carrier” Video
The “Ski” single comes to life with a lively black-and-white visual.
October 02, 2019
PREMIERE: Harmony Woods Questions Cliches on “Best Laid Plans II”
The fourth and final single precedes an October 4 release date for “Make Yourself at Home.”
October 01, 2019
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from September 2019 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.
September 30, 2019
Track by Track
Girl Band Breaks Down “The Talkies” Track by Track
The Irish noise-makers dig into the warped sounds of their experimental follow-up to 2015’s “Holding Hands with Jamie.”
September 27, 2019
PREMIERE: Skatune Network Picks oso oso’s “This Must Be My Exit” the Fuck Up
The “Real Stories” track gets the ska treatment for Jeremy Hunter’s debut collection of covers.
September 27, 2019
