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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Shura, I Got Too Sad for My Friends
Electro-pop and dreamy grooves are largely replaced with rich ’60s-style folk-pop on the artist’s isolation-inspired third album, wherein self-doubt feels like a secondary character.
Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.
Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.
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Film + TV
Please Bear with Me While I Explain That “The Lord of the Rings” Is a Maternity Allegory
With the film trilogy’s 20th anniversary creeping up, here’s something new to consider when rewatching it for the dozenth time: It is a movie about childbirth.
February 26, 2021
Molina Shares New Single “Cold” Along with a Visual and Playlist of Influences
The Danish-Chilean composer cites Dean Blunt, Cocteau Twins, and Philip Glass as artists who have helped shape her aesthetic.
February 26, 2021
Stream Dreamwell’s Intense Hardcore LP “Modern Grotesque” in Full
The Rhode Island band’s latest will be self-released tomorrow.
February 25, 2021
Film + TV
FKA twigs Is Working on a TV Adaptation of Her Martial Arts–Themed “sad day” Music Video for FX
She broke the news in a new interview with “I May Destroy You” creator Michaela Coel for The Face.
February 24, 2021
Amulets Share a Nature-Doc Visual for the Brooding New Single “The New Normal”
The title track arrives ahead of Randall Taylor’s latest collection of ambient drone, due out April 2 on The Flenser.
February 23, 2021
Fog Lake Announces New LP “Tragedy Reel,” Shares First Single “Jitterbug”
The latest collection of bedroom pop recordings from Aaron Powell arrives April 23 via Orchid Tapes.
February 23, 2021
Track by Track
Another Michael Walk Us Through Their Vibrant New Album “New Music and Big Pop”
Michael Doherty tells us what inspired the group’s Run for Cover debut.
February 19, 2021
Track by Track
Hazing Over Break Down Their New Grindcore EP “Pestilence” Track by Track
The band formerly known as Shin Guard explain their shift in sound on the project’s four songs.
February 19, 2021
A.A. Triggs Shares the Folksy Anarchist Fantasy “A Love Song for the Revolution”
The song from his forthcoming debut record is “a ballad for people that want to watch it burn.”
February 18, 2021
Birthday Ass Share the Chaotic-Good Opening Track from Their New Album “Head of the Household”
“Blah” sets the stage for the jazzy no wave group’s latest LP, out April 23 via Ramp Local.
February 16, 2021
Tall Black Guy & Ozay Moore Enlist DSTL, Sareem Poems, and Rich Medina on “Black Is…”
The duo share the Black History Month anthem from their forthcoming collaboration “Of Process and Progression.”
February 15, 2021
Colin Miller Announces “Hook” EP, Shares Video for First Single “I Need a Friend”
The Asheville-based songwriter’s new project will drop March 19.
February 15, 2021
Reviews
slowthai, “TYRON”
The UK rapper’s origin-story prequel experiments with earnest beauty while still feeling like a prank.
February 12, 2021
Kalbells and Miss Eaves Open Up the Discourse on Fuckbois for New Single “Pickles”
The single will appear on the Kalbells’ sophomore album “Max Heart.”
February 10, 2021
Jaye Jayle Brings the Domestic Struggle of “From Louisville” to Life in New Video
The “Prisyn” track receives a somnambulistic video from director Bobby Cochran.
February 10, 2021
Playlist
Jesswar Shares a Playlist of the Tracks That Inspired Her New Single “Medusa”
The Fijian rapper shares 10 songs that helped shape her bold style.
February 09, 2021
Alejandro Otero Waits for Change That Won’t Come on “Wasted Youth”
The Madrid-based songwriter shares the latest from his debut album “None But Everyone,” which arrives next month.
February 08, 2021
Mint Julep Experiment with Dreamy Atmosphere on “A Rising Sun”
It’s the latest single from the duo’s upcoming “In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.”
February 08, 2021
Track by Track
Sarah Mary Chadwick Breaks Down Her Intimate New LP “Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby” Track by Track
The Melbourne-based songwriter dives into the trauma, sexuality, and humor of her latest record.
February 05, 2021
Ol’ Burger Beats & Vuyo Share the Jazzy Singles “Not for Sale” and “Dusty Grooves”
The tracks will appear on the Norwegian hip-hop duo’s forthcoming LP “Dialogue.”
February 05, 2021
