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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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.
Skegss, Top Heavy
Clashing with expectations, the rowdy Australian duo dive into an older, deeper, more refined sound with this EP that positions them as stronger musicians and storytellers.
Mister Romantic, What’s Not to Love?
John C. Reilly’s latest role as a lonely vaudevillian singer of Great American Songbook standards sees him unwrap each melody and lyric without irony or snarky dispatch.
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The LA George Clanton Billboards Saga Continues
New George Clanton billboards = new George Clanton music?
October 06, 2021
The World Is a Beautiful Place Navigate Banana Peels on “Trouble”
The single and its video arrive ahead of the collective’s latest LP, “Illusory Walls,” which drops this Friday.
October 05, 2021
Le Ren Continues Her Journey From Past to Present in “May Hard Times Pass Us By” Video
The Montreal songwriter’s debut album “Leftovers” arrives October 15 via Secretly Canadian.
October 05, 2021
Signal Boost
Signal Boost: 15 Tracks from September 2021 You Should Know
The month’s most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.
October 04, 2021
Grant Pavol Embodies the Claustrophobic Dread of Living in a Show House on “No Disasters”
Pavol’s new EP “Reflections” arrives this Friday via Shamir’s Accidental Popstars Records.
October 04, 2021
Tunic Are Green Screens in Their Flashy Video for New Single “You’re a Bug”
The Winnipeg-based noise-punks’ latest LP “Quitter” arrives October 15.
October 01, 2021
Mo Troper Celebrates Pride, Pretense, and Riffs on New Track “The Expendables Ride Again”
The single arrives ahead of Troper’s newly revealed 28-track album “Dilettante,” out October 15.
September 30, 2021
It’s Kate Clover vs. the LAPD in Her New “Crimewave” Video
The West Coast garage punk enlists members of Dávila 666 and Crocodiles for her latest track.
September 30, 2021
Playlist
21 Songs That Helped Shape Sad Park’s New LP “It’s All Over”
The West Coast punks’ latest record dropped last week via Lauren Records.
September 28, 2021
Palomino Blond Announce New Record “ontheinside,” Share Studio Version of Live Favorite “Phoebe”
Produced by Torche’s Jon Nuñez, the Miami punks’ latest release drops November 19.
September 28, 2021
Hot Garbage Flex Their Freedom to Cruise in Their New “Ride” Video
The title track from the Toronto psych-rockers arrives today with a hazy visual directed by Colby Richardson.
September 28, 2021
Track by Track
One Step Closer Walk Us Through Their Hardcore Debut “This Place You Know”
Vocalist Ryan Savitski reflects on each track on the LP, out now via Run for Cover.
September 24, 2021
Playlist
14 Tracks That Got Shortly Through Sophomore Year of Design School
With their band’s debut album arriving this week, Alexandria Maniak shares a playlist of the circa-2016 emo that gave the project its legs.
September 23, 2021
Godcaster Announce New EP “Saltergasp,” Share First Single “Hecky Skelters”
The NYC-based punk ensemble’s latest project arrives November 5 via Ramp Local.
September 23, 2021
Hear an Early Stream of the Debut LP from OHMME’s Macie Stewart
“Mouth Full of Glass” officially drops this Friday via Orindal Records.
September 22, 2021
Playlist
An Intro to Francophone Music with Hubert Lenoir
With his new LP “PICTURA DE IPSE: Musique Directe” out now, the experimental musician made a playlist of his favorite tracks by French and Québécois artists.
September 20, 2021
Track by Track
LURK Take Us Through Their Raging Debut Album “Around the Sun” Track by Track
The Chicago-based punks are also premiering a visual for their track “Sterilizer.”
September 17, 2021
Dean Wareham Isn’t Selling Out on New Single “Cashing In”
Wareham channels Michael Rother and Pete Hook on the latest single from “I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A.,” out October 15.
September 17, 2021
Chelsea Wolfe
Substance 2021 Lineup Announced, feat. Chelsea Wolfe, HEALTH, Nitzer Ebb, Lingua Ignota, and More
The three-night industrial and new wave festival will kick off November 26 at Downtown LA’s Belasco theater.
September 16, 2021
Cedric Noel Confirms Allegiances in His “Allies” Video
The Montreal-based songwriter’s new album “Hang Time” arrives November 12 via Joyful Noise and Forward Music Group.
September 16, 2021
