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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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.
Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
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Track by Track
Cheekface Walk Us Through Their New Album “Emphatically No.”
The talky LA rockers’ sophomore album arrives today via New Professor.
January 11, 2021
Hello, I’m Sorry Disconnect From Themselves on the Jangly “I Don’t Know You”
The track arrives ahead of the February 28 release of the Seattle band’s “Buddy” LP via Slang Church.
January 08, 2021
America Part Two Confront the Predatory Gaze in “I Don’t Wanna” Video
The New Jersey punks are also announcing a new album, “Price of a Nation,” out March 12 via Revival Recordings.
January 07, 2021
Alice Glass Teases Debut Album with “Suffer and Swallow” Single and Video
With no release date yet, the electro-industrial songwriter’s long-anticipated debut may still be imminent.
January 06, 2021
Hear Lupe Fiasco, Open Mike Eagle, and Joseph Chilliams’ Freestyle Tributes to MF DOOM
Raps inspired by the late emcee have been pouring in since it was revealed that the underground legend passed away in late 2020.
January 05, 2021
Neighborhoods
Watch Jenny Owen Youngs Cover Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” in Maine for “Neighborhoods”
The songwriter celebrates a recent move to the East Coast by performing the track in the town of Kittery.
January 05, 2021
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from December 2020 You Should Know
The month’s most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
January 04, 2021
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 More Tracks from 2020 You Should Know
Our Senior Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few months.
December 22, 2020
Neighborhoods
Watch Shamir Play “Diet” in Front of His House in Philadelphia for “Neighborhoods”
The track is from the songwriter’s self-titled record, released back in October.
December 15, 2020
Taking Meds’ New “Unplug” Video Lands Somewhere Between “The Hurt Locker” and “Blair Witch”
The song comes from the East Coast punks’ “The Meds You Deserve” EP released earlier this year.
December 14, 2020
Track by Track
BOYO Breaks Down Their Meditative LP “Alone Together in Los Angeles,” Track by Track
Robert Tilden walks us through their second album of 2020, which is out today via Park the Van.
December 11, 2020
Sun June Set a Noir Narrative to Dance in Their “Bad Girl” Video
Vocalist Laura Colwell also answers questions about the new tune and the “bigger, fatter, sadder” record it will appear on.
December 10, 2020
Editrix Announce Debut LP “Tell Me I’m Bad” via Exploding in Sound, Share “Chelsea”
The group featuring members of Birthing Hips, Landowner, and Tortured Skull will release the album on February 5.
December 08, 2020
Playlist
Hear Your Old Droog’s Playlist of Influences for “Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition”
The Brooklyn emcee cites Eddie Van Halen, Beethoven, and Toto as just a few of the record’s many disparate references.
December 07, 2020
Track by Track
Calexico Break Down Their New Holiday Album “Seasonal Shift” Track by Track
Joey Burns walks us through each song on his band’s latest project, out today via ANTI- Records.
December 04, 2020
Track by Track
Ryan Hemsworth Breaks Down His Collaborative Debut as Quarter-Life Crisis
The EP featuring members of Hand Habits, Hop Along, and Hovvdy is out today via Saddle Creek.
December 04, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Tim Kinsella and Christopher Salveter Talk Joan of Arc, Judson Claiborne, and The Fruit Stare Podcast
The Chicago artists catch up after a long, strange—yet creatively fruitful—year.
December 03, 2020
Black Wing Confronts Wounded Pride and Self-Hatred on “Choir of Assholes”
Have a Nice Life’s Dan Barrett answers a few questions about his latest single and the new LP it appears on.
December 03, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: George Clarke on “10 Years Gone” and a Decade of Deafheaven
Ahead of the release of the black metal band’s new live recording, Clarke takes us behind the scenes of Deafheaven’s chaotic live shows.
December 02, 2020
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from November 2020 You Should Know
Our Senior Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.
December 01, 2020
