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)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
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The Los Angeles Issue
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Fleshwater, 2000: In Search of the Endless Sky
The Massachusetts grungegazers settle on their sound with their second LP: a balancing of frantic energy with moody heaviness and an overall tone of passionately charged emo splendor.
Saint Etienne, International
The London trio go out with a loud, still chic-sounding bang—their final album is a party bus filled with old friends, new pals, and fresh, glittering sounds for a proper send-off.
Jobber, Jobber to the Stars
With its 11 catchy grunge-pop tunes each referencing pro-wrestling culture, the Brooklyn band’s full-length debut prioritizes fun in its escapist return to the slacker-rock charm of the ’90s.
Mischa Pearlman
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Track by Track
Roselit Bone Break Down Their Regenerational New LP “Ofrenda” Track by Track
Charlotte McCaslin goes deep on a record about coming to terms with being a living thing in a dying world.
August 25, 2023
First Listen
Crasher Cools Things Down on Latest Single “Iced Tea”
Exasperation drummer Dave Mead’s debut solo LP Speaking Terms will arrive October 10.
August 23, 2023
Track by Track
The Xcerts Walk Us Through Their Expectation-Defying New LP “Learning How to Live and Let Go”
Murray Macleod takes us track by track through the Brighton punks’ journey of self-rediscovery, which is out now via UNFD.
August 18, 2023
First Listen
shallow pools Call Out Shitty Audience Behavior on New Single “Nightmare”
The Boston-based quartet’s debut album I Think About It All the Time lands October 13 via Equal Vision Records.
August 17, 2023
Reviews
The Hives, “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons”
On their first record in 11 years, the Swedish garage-rock revivalists have as much gusto, energy, and attitude as they did on their 1997 debut.
August 09, 2023
Divide and Dissolve on the Internal and External Liberation of “Systemic”
Takiaya Reed discusses how the joy of creation adds a personal layer to the anti-colonialist drone-metal project’s mission statement.
August 09, 2023
First Listen
Clowns Share a Love Letter to the Music Scene with Song-That-Almost-Wasn’t “Thanks 4 Nothing”
The track arrives ahead of the Melbourne punks’ fifth LP Endless, out October 20 via Fat Wreck Chords.
August 08, 2023
First Listen
Mercy Union Dig to the Heart of Human Frailty on New Single “Be Honest”
The track was recorded during the same sessions as last year’s White Tiger LP.
August 04, 2023
First Listen
Elle Belle Soundtracks a Loss (and Recapturing) of Innocence on New Single “Saturday”
Christopher Pappas’ new collection of songs How Do I Feel? arrives September 1 via Little Record Company.
August 04, 2023
Reviews
ANOHNI and the Johnsons, “My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross”
Executed with precision and grace, the group’s first release in over a decade blends the darkly political with the profoundly personal.
July 06, 2023
Militarie Gun at Stereogum Range Life party at Cheer Up Charlie’s
Breaking
Militarie Gun Are Taking an Honest Approach to Hardcore
Ian Shelton discusses the various roads which led to the LA punks’ debut LP, Life Under the Gun.
June 20, 2023
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AJJ, “Disposable Everything”
The Phoenix folk-punks’ eighth LP feels more post-/mid-apocalyptic than foreshadowing of it while maintaining the band’s wonderful mix of pathos and humor.
May 26, 2023
Track by Track
The Dirty Nil Take Us Through Their Raw, Back-to Basics LP “Free Rein to Passions” Track by Track
The Canadian noise-punks’ fourth record is out now via Dine Alone Records.
May 26, 2023
First Listen
Corvair Share a Dadaist Collage of Odd Road Trip Details with New Single “Shady Town”
The duo’s second album Bound to Be will arrive June 23.
May 17, 2023
Codefendants Are Searching for Their Golden Moment
Ceschi Ramos, Get Dead’s Sam King, and NOFX’s Fat Mike discuss their debut album This Is Crime Wave, which draws from their own experiences in the criminal justice system—and a sitcom-like housing situation.
May 11, 2023
Track by Track
Dave Hause Breaks Down His Heartbreaking and Inspiring New Album “Drive It Like It’s Stolen”
The Santa Barbara by way of Philly songwriter takes us through his “post-apocalyptic Americana” opus track by track.
April 28, 2023
Reviews
Devon Church, “Strange Strangers”
On his sophomore solo LP, the former Exitmusic member ponders the highs and lows of existence through somber, gravelly vocals.
April 18, 2023
The Bouncing Souls Lean Into the Restorative Powers of Music and Community in New “Back to Better” Video
With their new album Ten Stories High out today, the band also shares some of their biggest influences on the recording.
March 24, 2023
Reviews
Anti-Flag, “Lies They Tell Our Children”
The Pittsburgh politipunks’ 13th studio album is a culmination of everything they’ve been singing about since forming back in the late-’80s.
January 04, 2023
Reviews
Bruce Springsteen, “Only the Strong Survive”
These 15 covers of R&B and soul classics are treated with both the reverence they deserve on their own terms, and with which Springsteen also clearly holds for them.
November 11, 2022
