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

Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.

These New Puritans, Crooked Wing
The interplay of organ and voice throughout the Essex band’s fifth album creates a haunting document of the modern world wrestling for coexistence with the old world.

Pelican, Flickering Resonance
The tone of the Chicago post-metal band’s first album in six years feels triumphant, like ascending the peak of the mountain that adorns its cover.
Alejandra Gomez

Kim Gordon memoir header
Kim Gordon was a Girl in a Band, and now she has a book telling us about what that was like. Her…

M83 screenshot from “Moonchild”
Even after three years, it’s easy to identify the opening melody of M83’s “Midnight City”—or at least get an “oh, hey,…

2014. SBTRKT, “Wonder Where We Land”
As the follow-up to SBTRKT’s 2011 self-titled debut, “Wonder Where We Land” serves to take the listener beyond the soulful textures previously heard from the electronica moniker of Aaron Jerome.

2014. Zola Jesus, “Taiga” album art.
There’s a confident energy that surrounds Taiga. Haunting and chilling from the start, Nika Danilova (a.k.a. Zola Jesus) emerges from the echoes of the album’s opening song with a powerful and booming voice.

2014. Promo photo of “Kingsman: The Secret Service” courtesy of 20th Century Fox
If you ever wondered what the world of espionage in the UK—beyond one agent named Bond—might look like, then you should take…

2014. Weezer album art.
With Everything Will Be Alright in the End, Weezer has brought back something that’s been missing from their discography for a long time: a solid collection of songs.

Electric Youth press photo / 2014 / credit: Chris Muir
The Canadian duo known for their soundscaping electronic single from “Drive,” talk their stunning debut, “Innerworld”—four years in the making.

With the beach, the desert, and endless supply of sunshine surrounding Los Angeles—the city that Allah-Las happen to call home—it makes sense that these scenic vibes run through the band’s second album Worship the Sun.

2014. Shovels & Rope, “Swimmin’ Time” album art.
With Swimmin’ Time, the couple creates a diverse range of characters, each exploring the depth of their literal and metaphorical waters.

2014. Kimbra, “The Golden Echo” album art
When observing Kimbra’s intense fashion sense, it’s easy to see her appreciation for elaborate and over-the-top art.

2014. Luluc, “Passerby” album art.
Passerby is an album rooted in time and patience. Since their 2008 debut Dear Hamlyn, Zoë Randell and Steve Hassett have taken the beauty and intimacy of their sound, nurtured it, and allowed it to grow.

The sonic landscapes are more lush and ambient than on their debut; Model of You feels more cohesive, the songs complementing each other while still offering something new.

2014 press photo of White Arrows. Photo by Angel Ceballos.
A sophomore album is always a defining moment in the life of a band. Your pent-up debut energy is gone…