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

Shura, I Got Too Sad for My Friends
Electro-pop and dreamy grooves are largely replaced with rich ’60s-style folk-pop on the artist’s isolation-inspired third album, wherein self-doubt feels like a secondary character.

Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.
A.D. Amorosi

Amarante’s second solo album is the work of a vexingly imaginative, subtly unpredictable, and ruminatively humorous composer.

The composer pulls from prayerful moments with voice and Wurlitzer electric organ to awe-inspiring results.

23 new releases we’re excited for during RSD Drop 2 on July 17.

The new box set celebrates Brown’s exploration of rough-hewn art rock with a twist alongside his crew Kingdom Come.

Red Hot beats as it hasn’t in quite some time, pushing its participants further than you may have imagined.

Artists, tape manufacturers, and distributors weigh in on major-label involvement in the latest trend in physical music media.

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Gang of Four finally get their tribute thanks to Tom Morello and friends with “The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four.”

Tyler shows off his progress as a rapper with a power and musicality you knew he had in him, yet feared he’d let slide.

There is glee to be found in every crevice of the Bronx rapper’s immersion in house music and bossa nova.

The Mute Records founder and Depeche Mode producer talk collaboration, modular synths, and the influence of Kraftwerk on their new record.

The multimedia artist discusses his new project “Hope,” which merges music, film, and sculpture.

This edition offers more mind-expanding madness in demo form, a never-before-released live album, and explosive re-mastered sound.

Here’s 22 new releases we’re excited for with the return of RSD on June 12

This warm, mossy 50th anniversary reissue benefits from the dirtball proceedings of its homespun recording sessions and its homier, oblong songs.

The new BBE Music tribute comp and Sukita’s art book “Eternity” remember the artist as feline, fragile, and soulful.

Both records remain stunning after nearly 45 years, with neither losing their punch or import.

Germany’s beloved experimentalists get to the heart of their art with a series of never-before-released live albums kicking off this Friday.

Faithfull finds sympathetic, poetic tones and empathetic lilting melodies in the guise of producer/violinist Ellis.

The retrospective on the artist, whose work you may know from Pavement and Silver Jews album covers, has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal.

The mega-box set gives rabid fans something to hold onto, stuffing the band’s innovative discography into an immense treasure chest.