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.
Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out
The UK duo hurls hand grenades in the direction of contemporary society’s myriad ills across their riotously fun yet deadly serious indie-punk debut.
Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear
The Scottish rockers’ sixth album leans into variety with the help of a new lineup, though most of the LP’s highlights come in the form of singles exhibiting the band’s tried-and-true sound.
Ethel Cain, Perverts
More of an immersive art installation than an album, this 90-minute drone project is every bit as moving as its pop predecessor despite feeling deliberately difficult.
Mischa Pearlman
The group’s 5th LP tones down the dark, nervous energy that was previously at the core of their identity.
The duo’s 13th full-length often sounds less like a collection of songs than a manifestation of the frequency of existence.
This 11th studio album isn’t as cohesive as some of the band’s previous efforts, but it shows they’re still evolving.
Mikaiah Lei discusses the new perspective that influenced his sophomore album that was seven years in the making.
Beneath the facepalm titles on the band’s third full-length lie songs full of heart, purpose, and meaning.
Chris Simpson also talks the past, present, and future of the band in a Q&A about his accompanying vinyl reissue project.
The third full-length from Jack Antonoff feels devoid of heart and soul, fizzling and fading forgettably into the background.
The Daughters vocalist’s solo debut captures the collapse of society over the course of a tormented, uneven 9 tracks.
The posthumous debut from the New Hollywood actress is an album of ghosts and haunted hearts.
There’s still darkness present on the noise rock band’s latest EP, but it’s more of a shadow than an abyss.
The songwriter’s new collection of drawings is a practical, humorous, and irreverent guide to overcoming his (and, by extension, our) anxieties and depression.
While often an uneven mess of sound, there are some real gems to be found on this DC Comics compilation.
The debut LP from the At the Drive-In co-founder tussles with indie-pop and boisterous stadium rock.
The ska-punk collective finds itself as boisterous, relevant, and energetic as ever before on their new EP.
The songwriter/visual artist discusses 11 pieces that tie into the fictional Whispering Pines universe.
Hatfield’s 17th collection of original solo material is a fever dream entirely of the indie legend’s own creation.
While this homage to hard rock isn’t a return to the great heights the band has scaled in the past, it’s also far removed from the valleys they’ve trudged through.
There’s a loose recklessness to these classic alt-rock melodies that convey being stuck in a rut—but also the determination to get out of it.
The French prog metal collective’s seventh album is a tornado of blastbeats, guttural growls, and devilish incantations.
In a Q&A, the London-based artist shared their thoughts on the classical new single, transness, and the duality of identity.