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.
Saint Etienne, The Night
Over 30 years after their debut, the Vaseline-lensed electro-pop trio still titillates without any consideration of boundaries as they continue their recent shift toward spectral-sounding gravitas.
Daft Punk, Discovery [Interstella 5555 Edition]
Reissued in honor of its complementary anime film’s 20th anniversary, the French house duo’s breakout LP feels like a time capsule for a brief period of pre-9/11 optimism.
The Coward Brothers, The Coward Brothers
Inspired by Christopher Guest’s recent radio play reviving Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett’s 1985 fictional band, this playful debut album proves that this inside joke still has legs.
Mischa Pearlman
VanGaalen’s seventh proper studio album is pure nourishment for the soul—the sound of nature taking over again.
The bummer-pop quartet’s latest is an EP of feelings, memories, regrets and hope of actively seeking the elixir for life’s hardships.
The viral YouTube covers artist humbly discusses his unexpected rise to online stardom.
While the amusement value of the track list is high, the music lags behind at times.
This is the sound of a band burrowing deep into the heart of its genre, ripping it apart and reviving.
The LA rockers kick off 2021 with an upbeat—though emotionally complex—single.
The debut from the avant-garde supergroup demonstrates the power of collaboration, but struggles with cohesion and emotional drive.
The Canadian punks’ pugnacious third LP is also their most tender and nuanced release yet.
The doomy pair share more mournful explosions of existential tragedy and aggressive solemnity that transcend genre.
This B-sides comp demonstrates the one-dimensionality at the heart of the rock duo’s two-decade career.
The Atlanta garage rockers’ debut is the sound of four women who don’t give a damn for convention or perception.
The songs on the group’s first live album sound more lush and textured than they do on their recorded counterparts.
At under 12 minutes, the Philly hardcore band all punch hard while documenting what it’s like to be a Black band in a white scene.
The “Mandy” tie-in record convincingly blurs the line between truth and fiction with songs that, on their own merits, are actually pretty cool.
While its experimental attitude should be applauded, “Shiver” is at its best when Jonsí tiptoes across familiar ground.
These 13 tracks are as oddball and incohesive as should be expected from the California band.
In lieu of their planned Japanese tour, Houston’s Overo and Tokyo’s Asthenia share four new songs.
“Sun Racket” finds frontwoman Kristin Hersh on her trademark fine and fiery form.
The new video from the Swedish blues/death-metal musician feels perfectly on-brand.
Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott discuss how picking up where they left off in 2011 has been a source of comfort for them.