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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Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums
This new box breaks down seven well-framed sets of sessions spanning 1983 to 2018, essentially designed as full-album capsules of mood previously deemed unfit for canonization.
Gelli Haha, Switcheroo
The songwriter’s debut is carefree, sleazy, fundamentally arresting dance music—a multi-sensory circus serving to wallpaper the halls of dance-pop history with neon, acid-tinged nonsense.
Wavves, Spun
The LA band’s eighth LP eschews distortion in favor of a cleaner pop-punk sound that both spotlights Nathan Williams’ songwriting chops and dulls the project’s compelling eccentricities.
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Chika Returns with New Song “U Should”
The song will appear in the Netflix movie “Project Power,” out this Friday.
August 10, 2020
PREMIERE: Sofi Tukker Predict a Party Riot on “Purple Hat”
There’s a new baseball cap in town, and it comes with a killer dance track.
September 06, 2019
2016. Kanye West and Kyle Mooney on SNL
Kanye West Wants Poor People to Live in “Star Wars” Housing
The new Kanye continues to confound with this Tatooine-inspired concept.
July 09, 2019
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“Stranger Things” Fun Fair Coming to Santa Monica Pier
Flashback to the summer of 1985 at an immersive beachside pop-up.
June 20, 2019
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PREMIERE: Mini Mansions Share “I’m in Love” Music Video
The band will release new album “Guy Walks Into a Bar…” in July.
June 18, 2019
WATCH: Joy Division Reveal “I Remember Nothing” Visual
The fortieth anniversary of “Unknown Pleasures” launches a new film series.
June 17, 2019
PREMIERE: ilo ilo Brings “what u need” for Your Summer 2019 Soundtrack
Thoroughly modern indie-pop music for Generation Z and beyond.
June 14, 2019
PREMIERE: Cosmo Sheldrake Reveals Animated “Egg and Soldiers” Video
The psychedelic clip is a thrilling showcase of styles and references.
June 12, 2019
Ferris Wheel / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1 / photo by Max Sweeney
Coachella 2020 Tickets Are Coming Soon
It’s time to start making plans for the desert trek next year.
June 10, 2019
LISTEN: Priests Turn Danzig into Disco-Punk with “Mother” Cover
The D.C. band follow “The Seduction of Kansas” with a remake of the 1988 Danzig track.
June 07, 2019
Billie Eilish / photo by Adrian Santos
LISTEN: Billie Eilish’s “bad guy” Gets Remixed by Freedom Fry
The anti-pop hitmaker takes a spin on the dark disco dance floor.
June 06, 2019
WATCH: Yeasayer Trip Out in Psychedelic “Ecstatic Baby” Video
Originally shared last month, the dance-happy track is the third single from new album “Erotic Reruns.”
June 06, 2019
Jhené Aiko at Camp Flog Gnaw / photo by Rozette Rago
Jhené Aiko, Reggie Watts, Amp Fiddler, and More Set for Dirtybird Campout West 2019
Claude VonStroke and company are ready to party hard in Modesto, CA, this fall.
June 04, 2019
Erykah Badu at Eaux Claires / photo by Daniel Cavazos
LISTEN: Erykah Badu and James Poyser Cover “Tempted” by Squeeze
The recording was originally crafted as a 7″ for Record Store Day 2019.
June 03, 2019
Lykke Li / Photo by Alix Spence
Lykke Li’s LA Music Festival Is Going Through Big Changes
The Swedish singer’s single-day event has a new date and a revised lineup, including SOPHIE and Empress Of.
May 29, 2019
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Portugal. The Man, Hot Chip, Kaytranada Set for Fall CRSSD Festival 2019
Richie Hawtin, Kaskade and Derrick Carter will join the San Diego beachfront fest.
May 29, 2019
Bring That Beat Back: Apple Revives iPod Touch
It’s the first iPod Apple has produced since 2015.
May 28, 2019
WATCH: Perry Farrell Is a “Pirate Punk Politician” in Charged Up Video
The track conjures distant memories of Jane’s Addiction amidst the apocalyptic maelstrom.
May 24, 2019
WATCH: Banks Is Back with “Gimme”
The song has already racked up more than six million streams. Now we have the official music video.
May 23, 2019
WATCH: Steve Lacy Reveals New Visual “Outro Freestyle”
It’s the last track on his debut album “Apollo XXI,” which is out this Friday.
May 20, 2019
