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

Reneé Rapp, Bite Me
The pop star’s big voice and actorly prowess help convince us that the choppy, Sapphic-punkish pop and curt, self-reproaching snipe of her second LP burrow deep into her soul.

$uicideboy$, Thy Kingdom Come
On their fifth proper LP, Ruby da Cherry and Scrim’s usually dense, trap-imbued soundscapes are open and airier, leaving more room for the duo and their guests to misery-wallow within.

Nuclear Daisies, First Taste of Heaven
The club-ready breakbeats and unrelenting experimentation on the Austin trio’s second LP serve as a deafening clarion call for humanity to get its act together before it’s too late.
Annie Parnell

Natalie Lu’s debut leans into the “pop” side of dream pop, exploring the double-edged sword of yearning with big builds and a combination of delicacy and pummeling sound.

Tears become a sign of joy on the songwriter’s fourth album as she celebrates new beginnings with empathy, resolve, and a bold new pop-forward sound.

Informed by the dualities of harm and healing, the English saxophonist and poet weaves a tapestry of sounds—spiritual jazz, folk, classical, and beyond—into a potent missive of grace.

The Richmond band strips down their alt-country, emo, and post-rock influences on their third LP in a full-force reckoning with mortality and metamorphosis.

The Boston slowcore trio stitch their gentle and heavy sounds back together with a newfound clarity while considering nihilism from a more hopeful angle on their cathartic fourth album.

The British-Brazilian songwriter’s debut collection of pop-friendly jazz and folk-infused mysticism uses nature as a guiding star for understanding our own place within the world.

The Baton Rouge sludge-metal ensemble leans into their punk side with a litany of scorching, fast-paced tracks with a reflective edge on their first full-length since 2018’s doomy Magus.

The Big Thief vocalist’s new solo record is a meditation on loving that revels in duality as Lenker shows off her ability to turn words and memories on their head to reveal new perspectives.

Jilian Medford’s shift to a poppier sound is handled with confidence on her fourth record, which documents the giddy highs and reeling aftermath of a relationship.

The Chicago indie-pop group feel it all on their fifth album, with moments of elation beautifully contrasting with those of sorrow.