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

The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.

Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
Dean Brandt

Equal parts Bob Dylan and Lil Wayne, the Virginia storyteller’s second single reveals his versatility.

The pairing of LA noisemakers feels natural, even if their discordant single is anything but.

The LA–based foursome’s debut drops in April.

“Stay Free” will be released as an eight-part series via Spotify.

St. Vincent / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Annie Clark provides a soundtrack for the apocalypse with her latest visual.

We’re sorry, but this is just information you need to know.

The singer-songwriter charges ahead with ramshackle feel-good folk rock. Yes, he’s related.

The Philly rapper introduces new single as an Original Tracks video.

@heathre, Heather Binns, Pickathon2018, Revel in Dimes, Slab Sessions
The genre-blending Brooklynites perform their recent single at the Pickathon Slab.

The “Rendered Armor” single materializes from once upon a time in industrial Detroit.

For those of you lucky enough to catch Car Seat Headrest on tour in the coming months, know that you’ll…

From the garage rock quartet’s forthcoming Dangerbird–released Run It Again.

The four-piece LA band shares the first single off “The Strawberry” EP.

The latest artist to rock the Slab is an Italian import.

The soft rock ensemble share another breezy single from their forthcoming second LP, as well as some highlights from their recent US tour.

The left-field hip-hop troubadour brings his wired analogies to the Pickathon stage.

The pop-R&B singer-songwriter brings the East Side single to life with a Chloe Corner–directed video.

The pop-punk trio raid an LA thrift store for their latest video.

The New York dance-pop duo rework their New York Narcotic collab with Sofi Tukker in the style of ’70s bossa nova.

The duo leave a relationship behind with smiles and pep in a song from their debut LP YOUNG.