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The Los Angeles Issue

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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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard, Neptunes

Each track on the electronic composer and Hot Chip leader’s debut EP together has a unique rhythmic texture, with the constant theme being a wall of bass that transports you to a celestial space.

New Order, Brotherhood [Definitive Edition]

With one side dedicated to icy compu-disco and the other tied to the band’s beyond-punk origin story, this expanded reissue brings new order to the 1986 curio with live recordings, remixes, and more.

Father John Misty, Mahashmashana

Josh Tillman focuses his lens on death on his darkly comedic sixth album as eclectic instrumentation continues to buttress his folky chamber pop beyond ’70s pastiche.
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2015. Courtney Barnett by Mia Mala McDonald.

Under The Influence: Courtney Barnett

The Australian singer-songwriter discusses the inspiration behind her incredibly personal, yet universally appealing debut LP, “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.”

March 18, 2015

2015. “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” trailer

Film + TV
WATCH: The First Trailer For Cobain Documentary “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”

The authorized documentary about the Nirvana frontman will air on HBO on May 4

March 11, 2015
Art & Culture
Should You Buy an Apple Watch?

Short answer: …no. Or…maybe?

March 10, 2015

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt / S1 E1 / photo by Eric Liebowitz, courtesy of Netflix

Film + TVReviews
Seeing The Light: The Gospel of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Tina Fey’s brand-new sitcom for Netflix stumbles at first, but has great promise to hit its stride.

March 09, 2015

2015. Spoon’s Britt Daniels on La Blogotheque video

WATCH: Spoon Brings New Life to Acoustic, Take Away Versions of “Inside Out” and “I Just Don’t Understand” For La Blogothèque

Plus, the Austin band announces massive US tour, including a very special stop at FLOODfest

March 09, 2015

2015. John Dwyer/Thee Oh Sees

LISTEN: Thee Oh Sees Drop the Wandering “Web,” Announce New Album

“Mutilator Defeated at Last” is due out on May 18 via Castle Face

March 06, 2015

2015. Conan in Cuba

Film + TV
What Embargo?: Conan Goes To Cuba

Last night, Conan O’Brien made history. That seems more like a thing that has never, ever been said than a…

March 05, 2015

Ethan Hawke, Oscar® nominee for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for work on “Boyhood” arrives for the live ABC…

Film + TV
Ethan Hawke Reunites With Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua For “Magnificent Seven” Remake

The “Training Day” stars and director are back in the saddle again

March 03, 2015

2015. Sam Rockwell in new Flight Facilities video

WATCH: Sam Rockwell Gets Down in Flight Facilities’ “Down To Earth” Video

And you thought you couldn’t possibly love him more.

March 02, 2015

2015. Banksy’s Gaza tourism video still

Art & Culture
WATCH: Banksy Invites You to Gaza in Satirical New Video

The secretive street artist shines a light on the condition of the Middle Eastern conflict zone

March 02, 2015

2015. Polaris

Film + TV
Polaris’s “Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete” Will Be Released on Vinyl

Head back to Wellsville for Record Store Day.

February 27, 2015

Screenshot from the trailer of Love & Mercy, Brian Wilson biopic

Film + TV
WATCH: First Look at the Brian Wilson Biopic “Love & Mercy”

Paul Dano and John Cusack both play The Beach Boys’ musical architect in the upcoming film

February 26, 2015
Film + TV
Game Changer: The Emmys Switch Up Categories, Voting, and More

With this year’s Oscars—arguably the most anticipated and prestigious awards show—in the rearview mirror, you’d think that we would all be…

February 25, 2015

2015. Best Coast press photo by Janell Shirtcliff

WATCH: Best Coast Shares Double-Exposed Title-Track Video, Announces New Album “California Nights”

“California Nights” will be released on May 5 via Harvest Records

February 24, 2015

Blonde Redhead performs at FLOOD Gallery / photo by Jasmine Safaeian

Events
Fluxus: Blonde Redhead and the Art of Perception

A conversation with the band about their process at the FLOOD Gallery performance.

February 23, 2015

2015. Will Smith rapping on “Late Show with David Letterman”

Film + TV
WATCH: Will Smith Raps “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” on “Letterman,” Makes Dreams Come True

On Wednesday night, Will Smith reminded America that he’s still one of the greatest celebrities alive by breaking into an excellent rendition of his…

February 20, 2015

2015. “Mad Men” promo image of Don Draper. Photo by Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC

Film + TV
The Sweetest Hangover: The Trailer for the Final Season of “Mad Men” Is Here

And so is the ’70s polyester

February 19, 2015

2014. Twin Shadow press photo by Milan Zrnic.

LISTEN: Twin Shadow Drops Sweeping New Track, “I’m Ready”

In exactly one month from today, George Lewis Jr. will release Eclipse—his third LP as Twin Shadow, first album for Warner…

February 17, 2015

2015. Passion Pit press photo

LISTEN: Passion Pit Releases Two New Singles, “Lifted Up (1985)” and “Where The Sky Hangs”

Both tracks are off upcoming full-length “Kindred,” out April 21 via Columbia.

February 17, 2015

2015. Cameron Crowe, “Aloha” trailer screenshot

Film + TV
You Say Goodbye, And I Say Hello: Cameron Crowe’s “Aloha” Gets A Trailer

When he’s not shutting down ill-advised Say Anything remakes, Cameron Crowe is continuing to try and navigate this complicated world with one uplifting story…

February 13, 2015
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