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 Los Angeles Issue
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Alex G, Headlights
Alex Giannascoli’s major-label debut earnestly embraces dated musical tropes only to turn them on their heads as they soundtrack explosions of messy emotional honesty.
Billie Marten, Dog Eared
The British indie-folk songwriter’s fifth album is aided by a full-band even in its most personal moments, as Marten reflects on indelible scenes from childhood as seen through adult eyes.
Flooding, Object 1
The Kansas City trio ushers in a new kind of tenderness with an EP running the gamut from slowcore to screamo, one that’s vulnerable and violent and completely captivating.
Will Schube
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Action Bronson, “Blue Chips 7000”
Most of all, Bronson simply seems fully in control of the world he’s created on “Blue Chips 7000.”
September 05, 2017
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Grizzly Bear, “Painted Ruins”
On their first record in five years, the venerable group starts small.
August 25, 2017
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The Districts, “Popular Manipulations”
This is how most of “Popular Manipulations” works: starts modest, grows bolder, ends up on a mountaintop.
August 07, 2017
photo by Masayoshi Sukita
In Conversation
In Conversation: With “Mellow Waves,” Cornelius Crashes on American Shores Again
It took eleven years, but the Japanese songwriter has returned.
July 26, 2017
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Tyler, The Creator, “Flower Boy”
Tyler’s always been an immensely talented producer and rapper, but he’s never put together an album as cohesively as he does here.
July 26, 2017
Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces Is Ishmael Butler’s Path to Understanding
We speak with the Seattle legend to figure out how, exactly, he always stays one step ahead of the game.
July 24, 2017
PREMIERE: The Dan Ryan Aim for the Stars on “Guidance” LP
A death-defying trip to Glacier National Park inspired the Austin band’s new record.
July 11, 2017
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Washed Out, “Mister Mellow”
Ernest Greene is a new musician on “Mister Mellow,” and the results are often outstanding.
July 07, 2017
photo by Adarsha Benjamin
In Conversation
In Conversation: Kevin Morby Reflects on City Life and the Joys of Solitude
The well-traveled musician seeks a quiet place to reflect on his old life as a city dweller.
June 22, 2017
In Conversation
In Conversation: Forest Swords Finds the Barest Way to Beauty
The British producer and sound collagist talks about opening himself to collaboration and simplifying his sound on his latest—and best—album, “Compassion.”
June 01, 2017
photo by Brad Bunyea
PREMIERE: Jake Xerxes Fussell Flips Duke Ellington’s “Jump for Joy”
Ascending to heaven comes with a steep caveat.
March 09, 2017
