Spring 2023 Issue

The Magic of boygenius Goes Beyond Music

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2023

"Bitch, I don't know!" Lucy Dacus sighs, exasperated. She's trying to determine how she weaponizes her attachment style.  It's been a long...

Crown Lands Are 'Fearless' as Ever in Expanding Their Progressive Rock Ambition

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2023

Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau affirm that walking the path to progressive rock preeminence was always their plan. As Crown Lands, the duo fi...

'Unstable' Finds the Funny Side of Nepo Babies

Created by Rob Lowe, John Owen Lowe and Victor Fresco

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2023

The team at Unstable must have been cringing when nepo baby discourse took over in late 2022. The series is about an eccentric, self-involv...

City and Colour's 'The Love Still Held Me Near' Is a Clear-Eyed Portrait of Grief

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2023

Dallas Green's sixth studio album as City and Colour is more than a record, more than a collection of songs. The Love Still Held Me Near is...

Gel Are for the Freaks on the Pummelling 'Only Constant'

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2023

Gel have emerged as one of the most exciting bands in hardcore in a short amount of time. While other acts in the genre might take years an...

A.C. Newman Ranks the 5 Best New Pornographers Songs

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2023

The New Pornographers were never really supposed to last. As a collective made up of musicians from other projects — notably including alt-...

Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA Blow Shit Up on 'SCARING THE HOES'

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2023

Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA are hip-hop's most evenly matched odd couple. A duo known individually for their signature off-kilter styles, bot...

Lana Del Rey Is Lost in Thought on the Radiant 'Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd'

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2023

A shift occured about halfway through Lana Del Rey's 2017 album Lust for Life, the turning point marked by a song called "Coachella – Woods...