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

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.

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
Bailey Pennick

“Toy Story” film still. Photo courtesy of Disney/Pixar
Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in! Woody, Buzz, and the whole Toy Story gang are slated…

2014. Young Fathers, “Dead”
And the 2014 winner of £20,000, bragging rights, and a maybe curse is…

2014. Brad Pitt and Louis C.K. on “Between Two Ferns”
After having President Obama on his show, a normal person would think that Zach Galifianakis would shut Between Two Ferns down…

Jason Schwartzman in Listen Up Philip / photo courtesy Tribeca Films
The charming actor discusses kindness, collaboration, and personal preparation for his new film, “Listen Up Philip.” Don’t worry, he didn’t go full-on Daniel Day-Lewis.

2014. Hanni El Khatib press photo by Nick Walker
After releasing his excellent sophomore album Head in the Dirt last year, Hanni El Khatib is back with his third album, slated for…

Today it was announced that Saturday Night Live will welcome Chris Rock as its host at the top of next…

2014. U2, “Songs of Innocence” album art
If you clicked over to your iTunes account right now, you would find U2’s thirteenth full-length already in your library, thanks to Apple’s Tim Cook and the creepiness of the Internet.

Wampire, “Bazaar” cover, 2014.
For their sophomore release, “Bazaar,” Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps have harnessed their frenetic energy from nonstop touring and dove deep into the darker side of what their playful moniker suggests.

Christopher Owens is a man in love. Every single song on his sophomore solo release, A New Testament, is dedicated to being in one form of love or another.

George Fest / by Bailey Pennick
A relaxed night heavy on surprise guest stars and tracks from “All Things Must Pass.”

2014. King Tuff, “Black Moon Spell” album art
From the driving title track (and album opener) to the silly short numbers like “I Love You Ugly,” the infectious effect of ’70s glam rock’s high vocals and playful guitar riffs are essentially weaved into the fabric of Black Moon Spell.

Neutral Milk Hotel, The Breeders, Daniel Johnston September 18, 2014 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California The Hollywood Bowl is an…

From our introduction to Philip Lewis Friedman through the freshly released theatrical trailer for Listen Up Philip, we’re aware that…

Red Bull Sound Select launches ambitious “30 Days In LA” program.

photo by Jillian Dudley
Yoodoo Park on the isolation and loss that inspired his emotionally tumultuous sophomore record, “Soon Away”; listen to an exclusive track from the new record, “Faux”

2014. Karen O, “Crush Songs” album art.
Through Crush Songs, her first proper venture into the solo world, Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O simultaneously proves that there is more to her than meets the (brightly made-up) eye, and that this delicate LP does not threaten the high voltage existence of her New York garage-punk trio.

For the official music video for the title track of his latest release, prolific psych-rocker Ty Segall brings you deep into his world.

Almost exactly two months from when we first heard Grimes’s latest stand alone single “Go,” the club-ready track (originally penned…

2014 Beyoncé performing at the VMAs
Queen Bey blew the audience away with her 2014 VMA Video Vanguard medley performance.

2014. Naomi Punk, “Television Man” album art.
While there are several gripping shows on TV and on our instant streaming devices—shows that make our hearts stop and our brains start working (I’m looking at you, Rust Cohle)—overwhelmingly we turn on the boob tube to tune out the world around us.