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.
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard, Neptunes
Each track on the electronic composer and Hot Chip leader’s debut EP together has a unique rhythmic texture, with the constant theme being a wall of bass that transports you to a celestial space.
New Order, Brotherhood [Definitive Edition]
With one side dedicated to icy compu-disco and the other tied to the band’s beyond-punk origin story, this expanded reissue brings new order to the 1986 curio with live recordings, remixes, and more.
Father John Misty, Mahashmashana
Josh Tillman focuses his lens on death on his darkly comedic sixth album as eclectic instrumentation continues to buttress his folky chamber pop beyond ’70s pastiche.
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Art & Culture
Kii Arens’ Search for the Perfect Universal Image
From concert posters to music videos and beyond, the LA-based visual artist is still hunting for his pinnacle pop-art piece.
May 24, 2022
Breaking
mehro Is Listening to the Universe
The avant-pop songwriter on the brutality and beauty of nature and the inspiration of living in LA.
February 22, 2022
Moderna Opens a Portal to the Unknown on Remix for the “Matrix Resurrections” Soundtrack
The Berlin-based DJ slips her dark disco into the new film with “Bullet Time” remix.
December 16, 2021
Art & Culture
Jonah and Vanessa Bayer Recount Old School Days on “How Did We Get Weird” Podcast
“Saturday Night Live” alum Vanessa Bayer and brother Jonah were just a couple of weirdo kids.
October 22, 2021
Radiohead (Photo: Tom Sheehan)
Radiohead Is Now on Bandcamp
The band posted their full nine-album catalog—and then some—across the music platform.
October 21, 2021
Ivy (Photo: Robert Weinstein)
Ivy Release Rare Footage Paying Tribute to Former Bandmate Adam Schlesinger
The surviving members of the NYC trio share a more intimate side of their friend.
October 19, 2021
‘Bent by Nature: Deirdre O’Donoghue and the Lost SNAP! Archives’ (Photo: KCRW)
Film + TV
KCRW Announces Audio Documentary Series on Deirdre O’Donoghue
The LA DJ who revolutionized live radio performance is getting a proper audio tribute 20 years after her death.
October 19, 2021
Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell Unveil New LP “Burn”
You can stream the record in full ahead of its release this Friday.
May 05, 2021
Digital CoverOn the Road (At Home)
On the Road (At Home) with iDKHOW’s Dallon Weekes
Dallon Weekes is vacuuming. “Somebody’s gotta do it,” he says over the phone while at home in Salt Lake City,…
February 23, 2021
Ambre photoshoot for Flood Magazine on September 18, 2020, in New Orleans, LA.
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On the Road (at Home) with Ambré
The Grammy-winning artist reflects on her New Orleans roots, working since she was 17, and the cinematic Director’s Cut expansion of her debut Pulp. Presented by Fender and Toyota.
November 10, 2020
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On the Road (At Home) with The Regrettes
In our new digital cover story, singer/songwriter Lydia Night reflects on the early days of minivan touring, high school drama, bad love, good (new) love, and her unapologetic obsession with pop.
September 29, 2020
Bob Moses Discuss How Desire Shaped Their New Album
The electronic duo traverse the deeper, darker fringes of longing on “Desire,” their third full-length record.
August 28, 2020
Art & CultureFilm + TV
Michael Stipe, Flea, and Rain Phoenix Remember River Phoenix on What Would Be His 50th Birthday
In honor of River’s birthday, his sister Rain reveals two new Aleka’s Attic tracks with the vinyl release of “Alone U Elope.”
August 21, 2020
Evann McIntosh Goes All Flintstones in “WIYULD” Video
The sixteen-year-old artist joins the ranks of Courtney Barnett, Sleater-Kinney, and Sleigh Bells with her Mom + Pop debut.
July 08, 2020
Black Thought Announces “Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane and Abel” Ft. Pusha T, Portugal. The Man, and More
The next chapter of The Roots co-founder’s solo series also features Killer Mike, ScHoolboy Q, and Swizz Beats.
July 06, 2020
The Front Bottoms (Photo: Mark Jaworski)
The Front Bottoms Release New Single “montgomery forever,” Reveal New Album Details
The band’s upcoming album “In Sickness & In Flames” is due out August 21 on Fueled By Ramen.
July 03, 2020
Sonic Youth’s “Goo” Cover Gets “Rebirth” in Response to BLM, COVID-19
Raymond Pettibon’s iconic black and white illustration is getting a social makeover in time for its 30th anniversary, depicting some serious messaging and political satire.
July 02, 2020
Ghetto Kumbé Release the Ritualistic and Riveting “Tambó”
Exploring the dynamics of love, the tribal-tinged single is a glimpse into the Afrofuturist trio’s ethereal debut.
July 02, 2020
Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West, ska Swigs, Skrillex. (Photo/Art: HARRY)
Ty Dolla $ign Drops “Ego Death” Featuring Kanye West, FKA twigs, Skrillex, and serpentwithfeet
The all-star collaboration reveals the artists’ “animated” sides and gives a first glimpse into $ign’s upcoming third album.
July 01, 2020
Elliott Smith (Photo: JJ Gronson)
Hear Elliott Smith’s Previously Unreleased “Some Song” (Live at Umbra Penumbra)
The live track gives a stirring glimpse into the tortured soul of the prolific singer/songwriter
June 30, 2020
