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

Röyksopp, True Electric
With the help of guest vocalists including Robyn, Fever Ray, and Alison Goldfrapp, these clubby studio versions of the Norwegian duo’s recent live set push them further into the flame.

Backxwash, Only Dust Remains
The Zambian-Canadian noise-rapper returns from a brief hiatus with an existentialist exploration of death, violence, and, ultimately, love, a textural letter to the downtrodden and the hopeless.

Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE
Following the story of a budding romance that helps heal Justin Vernon’s past relationship wounds, the LP is a slick and polished expansion upon the EP he released last fall.
Dean Brandt

The LA darkwave trio get a little brighter for the second single on the group’s forthcoming “Motionless.”

The Uruguayan songwriter introduces Juan Pablo, among other identities, in the new video.

The new OME track arrives with an “Office Space”–esque video and dizzying Danny Brown verses—not to mention an entire TV series.

The soulful LA songwriter announces his signing to Sony Music Masterworks with an OT video.

The Brooklyn-based trans rapper shares the first single from his new EP, “Butterfly,” with a body-conscious video.

The Nigerian guitarist celebrates the release day of his first studio album with nine songs that have soundtracked his current North American tour.

The first single from “Reward” gets a unique video treatment.

The Bloomington songwriter shares the second single from his digitized third album.

On the heels of the release of their third album, the LA collective gets dreamy in the video for the record’s first single.

The Toronto punks brought their morbid stuff to the “Late Night with Seth Meyers” stage.

Members of Fleet Foxes, Pedro the Lion, Manchester Orchestra, and more populate the unearthed Super-8 footage for the Johnathon Ford project’s first release in a decade.

The collaboration with director David Robert Mitchell follows their 2014 horror partnership on “It Follows.”

Pay what you want for the visual album—all proceeds go to LGBTQ youth suicide prevention non-profit The Trevor Project.

Prior to releasing their sophomore record, the Phoenix noise pop band walked us through the thirteen tracks that inspired it.

Before taking the stage at FLOODfest, the “tenderpunk” outfit share a relatable single about love at first pet.

For their third collaboration with Rockstar Games, the LA noise trio soundtrack vehicular combat.

On “SNAFU”’s release day, the garage rock trio take down the man in colorful video.

The R&B-focused songwriter preps for the release of his debut EP next Friday.

“Spirit of the Stairs” drops next Wednesday via Relapse.

The no-wave holdouts tease new music with cryptic video, acoustic demos, and unique crowdfunding campaign.