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

Neal Francis, Return to Zero
The Chicago-based soul artist finds the funk in digitized-disco on his third album, radiating a glow only known to those who live life on illuminated dance floors.

Kronos Quartet + Mary Kouyoumdjian, Witness
Recorded in remembrance of the victims of the Armenian genocide, the quartet’s work with the documentarian-composer is at turns gorgeous, brutal, and awe-stricken.

Rebecca Black, Salvation
An intoxicating blend of Y2K aesthetics and bubblegum pop, Black’s second album is a celebration of her musical evolution from internet laughing stock to hyperpop powerhouse.
David Iskra

The 38th annual edition of the event took place earlier this week at Carnegie Hall.

“It’s been a while since I’ve sung these songs—16 years, in fact. But I’m thrilled to be here with Jason and the soon-to-be First Gentleman of the United States of America.”

Norah Jones, The Black Crowes, and Kool & the Gang all delivered stellar sets at the annual Asbury Park fest—but this year’s edition was all about The Boss.

EarthGang, Bootie Brown, Michelle Ndegwa, De La Soul, and others joined Damon Albarn and the animated group for their Philly tour stop.

Japanese Breakfast and The Linda Lindas joined them for their New York homecoming.

photo by David Iskra
The Asbury Park, NJ festival co-founded by photographer Danny Clinch also featured Wet Leg, Idles, My Morning Jacket, Boy George, and more.

Julien Baker and Quinn Christopherson also performed at this weekend stop on the triple-headliner Wild Hearts Tour.

The event—which benefitted local foundation Make the World Better—also featured Welsh singer Cate Le Bon.

The electronic pioneers are in the midst of their North American 3-D tour.

Trent Reznor and the band are in the midst of a US tour playing their first live shows since 2018.

The Radiohead frontman took his Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes project to Berkeley for a memorable sold-out performance.

The “Beastie Boys Book: Live & Direct” tour was a funny, moving, and irreverent spectacle—all soundtracked by breakbeats and scratches.

The iconic metal group went unplugged—or at least slightly de-electrified—for a benefit show this past weekend.