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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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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First Listen
Gabriel Birnbaum Announces “Patron Saint of Tireless Losers” LP, Shares “Perfect Again”
The songwriter’s new album will arrive on June 28 via Western Vinyl.
April 03, 2024
Reviews
Aesop Rock, “Daylight” [Reissue]
Available on vinyl for the first time since its 2002 release, this reissue invites us to reconsider the merits of the tracklist supporting the underground emcee’s breakout single.
April 02, 2024
Caleb Landry Jones, Noted Useful Musician and Actor, Shares New Single “Useless”
The FLOODfest 2024 alumni’s new album will arrive this Friday via Sacred Bones.
April 02, 2024
Swamp Dogg Recruits Jenny Lewis for “Count the Days”
The track will be featured on the soul legend’s new LP, Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th Street.
April 02, 2024
In Conversation
Helado Negro on Exploring New Territory with “PHASOR”
Roberto Carlos Lange shares how a move to North Carolina helped him break from his prior discography—while still staying moored to his established musical persona.
April 01, 2024
Track by Track
gglum Breaks Down Her Not-Entirely-Glum Debut “The Garden Dream” Track by Track
The Londoner’s Jadu Heart–assisted new record is out now via Secretly Canadian.
March 29, 2024
St. Vincent Drops “Flea” Ahead of New Album “All Born Screaming”
Annie Clark also revealed that Spoon, Yves Tumor, Eartheater, Dorian Electra, and Momma will all join her on select dates for the first leg of her All Born Screaming North American tour.
March 28, 2024
Oh, Lord! Lorde Takes on Talking Heads’ Take on “Take Me to the River”
The new covers album will be released via A24 Music (what don’t those folks do?!).
March 28, 2024
Vampire Weekend Share New Single “Mary Boone” Ahead of Next Week’s “Only God Was Above Us” Release
The track comes with a visualizer starring rapper Despot.
March 28, 2024
Sinkane Shares “Come Together” Single and Video Ahead of “We Belong”
The artist’s new album will arrive on April 5 via City Slang.
March 27, 2024
John Cale Shares “How We See the Light” Ahead of New Album “POPtical Illusion”
The iconic songwriter and collaborator will share his new album on June 14.
March 27, 2024
Blondshell and Bully Team Up for New Single “Docket”
The track is out now via Partisan Records.
March 26, 2024
Mdou Moctar Share “Imouhar” Ahead of New Album “Funeral for Justice”
The group’s latest project will arrive on May 3 via Matador Records.
March 26, 2024
“Noise for Now Vol. 2” Abortion Access Comp to Feature David Byrne and Devo, Courtney Barnett, and Big Freedia
The star-studded record—also including Faye Webster, The War on Drugs, and Julia Jacklin, among others—will arrive on June 21.
March 26, 2024
Reviews
Julia Holter, “Something in the Room She Moves”
Balancing airy synths and bubbling low-end, the LA-based experimentalist reflects on the highs and lows of the human experience on her latest complex project.
March 22, 2024
Remi Wolf Wants You to Invest in Her Big Ideas, and “Cinderella” Is Her First Pitch
The alt-pop singer’s new album Big Ideas will arrive July 12 via Island Records
March 21, 2024
AURORA Unveils New Synth-Pop Single “Some Type of Skin”
It was recently announced that the Norwegian artist will take the stage at Glastonbury this summer, in addition to a handful of other international festival appearances.
March 21, 2024
A2IM Announces Libera Award Nominees, Including Mitski, Killer Mike, and Caroline Polachek
The American Association of Independent Music, Inc. has also nominated Wednesday, L’Rain, and more.
March 20, 2024
Justice Share “Saturnine” with Miguel, Drop Tracklist for “Hyperdrama”
The album will also feature tracks with Tame Impala, Thundercat, and Connan Mockasin.
March 20, 2024
Track by Track
crushed Take Us Track by Track Through Their Newly Reissued Debut EP “extra life”
Featuring new remixes from DJ Python and Real Lies, the 2023 release marked the first collaboration from Temple of Angels’ Bre Morell and Weekend’s Shaun Durkan.
March 15, 2024
