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.
Weezer, Blue Album [30th Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set]
This anniversary collection filled with demos, practice bits, and live sessions demonstrates how full-blooded the band sounded even before stepping into the studio with Ric Ocasek.
Girl Scout, Headache
The Swedish quartet bare their teeth on their third EP as they tear through five songs about frustration and resistance, aided by grungy production from Alex Farrar.
Flying Lotus, Spirit Box
This five-song EP offers a sense of where Steven Ellison’s futuristic agenda lies in 2024: between the breezy fusion-funk of the 1970s and the discoid, bouncy house music of the ’80s.
Phillipe Roberts
Alice Sandahl, Shana Cleveland, Lena Simon, and producer Younge discuss shedding the “surf rock” tag on the band’s self-titled fourth album.
Where their previous work cut between ideas at a clip, the Manchester collagists achieve a deeper lucidity here through a steadier approach.