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

Big Thief, Double Infinity
Ditching the homespun folk-rock sound of their last record for otherworldly, jazz-infused transmissions, the group’s sixth LP is obsessed with the beauty and inefficiency of language.

David Byrne, Who Is the Sky?
With the aid of Ghost Train Orchestra and Kid Harpoon, Byrne continues his trek across urban prairies to explore our goofball commonalities, the quirks of romance, and his own intimacies.

Fleshwater, 2000: In Search of the Endless Sky
The Massachusetts grungegazers settle on their sound with their second LP: a balancing of frantic energy with moody heaviness and an overall tone of passionately charged emo splendor.
Danielle Chelosky

St. Vincent / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Jehnny Beth, The Kills, and more pen covers to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

The duo release “Song for Tina,” following up their “Sopranos” theme cover “Song for Carm.”

Their debut album “RADIO ASTRO” is out February 19 via BMG.

Listen to some of the creepy songs that have influenced the trio’s music.

The electronic group’s album We Will Always Love You is out December 11.

The new single arrives ahead of their “Someone Who Isn’t Me” EP.

The Fueled by Ramen trio are back with a new song.

Watch the digital tribute on January 8, when Bowie would’ve turned 74.

Her “Creature of Habit” EP is out December 11.

The full “Pet Cemetery” EP is out November 27 via Suicide Squeeze.

Singer/songwriter Kate Stables has a new album out today via Rough Trade.

The Baltimore group are back with another kickass single.

The playlist arrives with their new single “Crying Is Cool” and news of a new LP.

The Australian duo are inspired by blink-182, Title Fight, and Cocteau Twins.

The SF goth-rapper shares how Travis Scott, Chelsea Wolfe, and Pink Floyd inspired his latest project.

The four-piece are releasing their debut LP “Dependent, Reliant” on November 5.

“Wandercease” is out October 23 via High Moon Records.

Their seventh full-length LP “Window’s Open” is out Friday, October 23.

The Canadian singer/songwriter tells the stories behind her debut full-length.

Watch the group’s new music video in a rainforest.