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.
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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
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The Los Angeles Issue
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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.
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Jordana, “I’m Doing Well, Thanks for Asking”
The EP sees Jordana Nye continuing to find new ways of creating catchy songs that encase her introspective, melancholic lyrics with ever-increasing elements of electro-pop.
November 09, 2022
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Spice Girls, “Spiceworld” [Reissue]
Fun and campy while pulling in too many directions at once, the British pop quintet’s 1997 LP is a solid sophomore effort that was toppled by its extreme ambition and scope.
November 04, 2022
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul Are Defying Categories
The electro-pop duo talk Beyoncé, the Belgian music scene, and the importance of humor in their music ahead of their Desert Daze set this weekend.
September 30, 2022
Purity Ring on Their Ever-Changing Soundtrack to Dystopia
Ahead of their set at The Wiltern this weekend, electro-pop duo Megan James and Corin Roddick discuss how their music mutates alongside the meaning behind their lyrics.
July 22, 2022
Genesis Owusu Is Breaking Barriers One Country at a Time
At the onset of his first U.S. tour, the songwriter discusses his recent ARIA win, playing sets as a teen in local bars, and how Kafka is shaping his new material.
March 21, 2022
Art & CultureFilm + TV
Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on Bringing Her Characters to Life
With the details for a film adaptation of her memoir “Crying in H Mart” coming together, Zauner shares how writing for film provides a new creative experience for her.
January 05, 2022
Pond Swap Psych-Rock for Post-Punk on Their Anti-Capitalist Manifesto “9”
Nick Allbrook talks us through how changing urban landscapes in Australia shaped the group’s latest LP.
September 30, 2021
Hanni El Khatib Sheds His Rock ’n’ Roll Persona for “FLIGHT”
The songwriter discusses swapping his blues guitar for experimental beats on his fourth LP.
May 14, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Bishop Nehru Eschews Lyrical Boom-Bap for Something More Fun
The East Coast rapper takes us behind the scenes of “Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts.”
May 06, 2020
On the “Athena” Tour with Sudan Archives
We caught up with violinist Brittney Parks in the midst of her first major tour.
March 11, 2020
Mick Jenkins Pursues Creative Freedom on “The Circus”
The Chicago rapper talks managing duality while maintaining a vibe on his recent EP.
February 04, 2020
