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.
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
The Los Angeles Issue
Sword II, Electric Hour
The Atlanta trio’s strange, radical second album of emotionally charged psych-gaze sees them honing a sound that feels striking and approachable, easy to grasp but also subtly experimental.
Danny Brown, Stardust
Further exploring keening EDM and wobbly house music, the newly drug-free rapper still insists that the low-lit dance floors be filled, and that the sweaty energy be high and mighty.
The Mountain Goats, Through the Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Whether or not it represents John Darnielle’s earnest Broadway aspirations, the indie-folk band’s 23rd LP stands out for its amped-up orchestration and sweeping grandeur.
Will Schube
The Big Thief frontperson’s new album will arrive on March 22 via 4AD.
Boeckner! will arrive on March 15 via Sub Pop.
The noise-rock icon’s new album will arrive March 8 via Matador Records.
Originally self-released in 2018 and 2019, respectively, the South London post-punks will reissue the projects on March 8 via 4AD.
The New York festival is set for the weekend of June 6 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.
The intoxicating blend of R&B, soul, and hip-hop on the Virginia-born, Colombia-bred songwriter’s fourth album bridges the gap between indie spirit and overtly radio-friendly pop music.
The Irish band’s forthcoming album Madra will arrive on January 26 via Fair Youth/Atlantic.
The Atlanta-based songwriter’s follow-up to 2021’s I Know I’m Funny haha will arrive on March 1 via Secretly Canadian.
The forthcoming album from the Dinosaur Jr. frontman will arrive on February 2 via Sub Pop.
The artist’s third album—which features Blood Orange, Shygirl, and They Hate Change—will arrive on February 21 via 4AD.
The visual stars Inga Petry, who uses her TikTok platform to spread awareness for the disabled community.
The new collaborative album is set to arrive on February 16 via Suicide Squeeze Records.
The track arrives after The xx’s Romy recently confirmed the band was working on new music.
The festival is set for the weekend of June 13 in Manchester, Tennessee.
The new album from Katie Crutchfield will arrive on March 22 via ANTI- Records.
Mackenzie Scott’s sixth album will arrive on January 26 via Merge.
The track is featured on Veronica Camille Ratliff’s latest album, The Chronicles of a Caterpillar: The Egg.
The video for the recent track by the artist formerly known as Nocando was co-produced by Sudan Archives.
The cut finds Trevor Powers reuniting with Heaven Is a Junkyard co-producer Rodaidh McDonald.
Little Rope, the group’s 11th album, will arrive on January 19 via Loma Vista Recordings.
