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

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.

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.
Danielle Chelosky

The indie musician also preps us for his Record Store Day release with liner notes written by Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham.

The bedroom pop icon has blessed us with “rue.”

“A Different Kind of Happy” is the third single from the band’s forthcoming album.

The UK punks exclusively stream an apocalyptic single and music video.

The clamorous Brooklyn trio release the tile track from their new LP, out September 11.

The spooky October event will be held in Downtown LA.

The young indie singer/songwriter has unveiled another single from “BREACH.”

Along with an exclusive stream of the record, Neil Berthier discusses his new LP that’s not new to him at all.

The Seattle singer/songwriter’s new track has more to it than it seems.

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The international single is out now via Heavenly Recordings.

The wait is over for new music from the alt-metal group.

TA’s year of nostalgia is coming to a close, but not before a tour with La Dispute.

Frontman Greg Barnett unpacks the tonal shifts in the Scranton punks’ forthcoming sixth album.