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

Sly & the Family Stone, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967
This unearthed 1967 live gig from Redwood City, California features raw, soulful R&B covers recorded with a roomful of memorable voices that audiences would soon grow to love.

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.
A.D. Amorosi

Dylan once again reinvents himself for his first album of original songs since 2012.

Solitude, mortality, and ascendancy make “All Things Being Equal” an unearthly delight.

Together, Bowie and Pop all but forged a raw, sketchy, true alternative sound.

Gaga’s sixth album bathes her in issues of inclusivity—but did it have to make her sound like part of the crowd?

“Expect the Unexpected” pays homage to tradition and opens doors to unlimited perceptions.

The producer and songwriter-for-hire’s new project is mostly just a front for hanging out with Daniel Ledinsky.

Merritt talks Florian Schnieder, dates with Jesus, and writing songs under the 2:15 mark.

“Drip Drip Drip”is as unnervingly varied as most of the Mael brothers work—especially in the twenty-first century.

The new coffee table book on Roky Erickson’s band is out now via Anthology Editions.

Joan Wasser returns to a poignant form on her first album of deconstructed favorites in eleven years.

He’s produced for Kanye, Beyoncé, and Geto Boys—and he finally has a record of his own.

“Good Souls Better Angels” is one of Williams’ most live-wire works.

The godfather of cannabis culture on his comic past, the smoky present, and living long through Trump and COVID-19.

“Fetch” is as cold as it is overheated, as vibrant as it is humble.

“This is a record from the heart about my reconnection to the planet, and the divine existential nature of it all.”

The reissue’s added tracks are all contextual red meat—no gristle or fat.

The ambitious rapper/producer opens up about his legacy and family.

Cellist Maya Beiser and pianist Mike Garson discuss translating the artist’s work into something new.

Though he suspects he has the virus, EOB’s record remains on track for release April 17.

This album offers up some of his best performances, wryest lyrics, and most experimental arrangements in years.