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 Libertines, All Quiet on The Eastern Esplanade
Almost 30 years into their existence, the post-punk revivalists let listeners know that their youthful fire hasn’t dimmed on their fourth, most tightly wound album.
Nia Archives, Silence Is Loud
With her debut collection of drum and bass music, the English musician comments on the history of a multitude of subgenres in a way that’s never navel-gazey and always assured.
girl in red, I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!
Marie Ulven’s revved-up sophomore LP is both fun and uncomfortable, a poperatic portrait of the artist fucking up and learning in real time.
Roman Gokhman
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Still Ascending: Franz Ferdinand on “Hits to the Head” and Solidifying a New Lineup
Alex Kapranos discusses the band’s new retrospective album and bringing drummer Audrey Tait onboard.
March 09, 2022
Leaving Here: Franz Ferdinand’s New Shade
Moving on after the departure of founding member Nick McCarthy, frontman Alex Kapranos explains how his band invented a fresh identity for “Always Ascending.”
February 12, 2018
La Discothèque: Phoenix on the Dancefloor Romance of “Ti Amo”
Going behind the flashing lights and breezy melodies with Deck d’Arcy and Christian Mazzalai.
June 23, 2017
Kamasi Washington at Pickathon 2015 // photo by Casey Carpenter
Kamasi Washington is Ready to Take the Next Step
The bandleader finally gets a break from the road. Not that he’s resting on his considerable laurels.
September 13, 2016
Third Eye Blind during 8th Annual Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)
How It’s Going to Be: Why Two Former Members of Third Eye Blind Can’t Call Themselves Former Members of Third Eye Blind
Everyone’s semi-charmed favorite ’90s rockers are back and playing to bigger crowds than ever. But the road from “Jumper” to Lollapalooza has more twists and turns than you might imagine—and it’s left some of the band’s founding members behind.
August 10, 2016
2016. Margo Price, cred Angela Castillo.
Breaking: Margo Price
Getting a much-needed slice of humble pie with the Tennessee-via-Illinois country artist at the forefront of a Third Man–led traditionalist revival.
March 22, 2016
Prince / 2016 / courtesy NPG Records
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LIVE: Prince Gets Intimate with Piano and a Microphone (2/28/2016)
The Purple One puts together an intimate set at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre.
February 29, 2016
Breaking: Boss Selection
Producer Sunny Levine steps out from behind the boards on his collaborative LP.
December 10, 2015
Julien Baker / photo by Jake Cunningham
Breaking: Julien Baker
The Tennessee–based singer-songwriter fights addiction, darkness, and death on her debut LP, “Sprained Ankle”.
November 11, 2015
In Harmony, Octaves Apart: What’s Next for FFS?
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks’s collaborative project was one of 2015’s most fruitful partnerships. So where do the two groups—who are happy to consider FFS a band in its own right—go from here?
November 03, 2015
