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

Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.

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.
Katherine Yeske Taylor

With the band’s eighth album out this week and their first headlining tour in nearly a decade to follow, Manson discusses the unexpected optimism of their new material and more.

Over a decade after his last solo album, the Bauhaus singer and post-punk pioneer walks us through his creative process for his powerful new release, Silver Shade.

With their world tour kicking off today, Tobias Forge gets candid about achieving his dream with the controversial Swedish hard-rock ensemble he’s put his heart and soul into for over 15 years.

Stuart Braithwaite shares how the Scottish band continues to create epic, emotional post-rock 30 years into their career with their eleventh studio album, The Bad Fire.

The groundbreaking dream-pop trio’s co-founder reflects on his storied career leading up to his recent solo EP Atlas

Nearly a quarter century removed from their last LP, the beloved British band’s frontman shares why it was finally time to bring the project back into the studio.

The alt-rock band’s incomparable frontman discusses the return of the group’s original lineup for the first time since 2008—and how music can help heal the world.

The former shoegaze group’s co-founder discusses her ultra-candid new memoir, Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success.

The former Joy Division and New Order bassist honors both bands as he tours with his new group, Peter Hook & the Light.

With their fifth full-length, the self-proclaimed Birkenstocks of indie rock reemerge with a determinedly optimistic attitude.

The prolific comedian/musician (and his dog Luci) spend a day showing us the best things to do in Greenwich Village.

As they prepare to release new albums—Pierson as a solo artist, Hay with Pylon Reenactment Society—the Athens-bred musicians reminisce about the legendary scene they helped create.

Regarded as one of the most influential drummers in rock, The Police’s percussionist is reissuing his earliest work under the mysterious alter ego.

©Eugene Richards
Four decades since co-founding Erasure, Yazoo, and Depeche Mode, the synthpop innovator discusses finally going it alone with Songs of Silence—his debut record under his given name.

With a new best-of solo compilation and gorgeous guitar book out now, the guitarist reflects on his many accomplishments.

The alums of The Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees discuss finding true freedom with their latest musical project alongside producer Jacknife Lee and a slate of familiar collaborators.

Neil Halstead discusses the pioneering shoegaze band’s first release in six years, an unabashedly optimistic look at the dark times it emerged from.

After three decades as an acclaimed songwriter, Case discusses her much-deserved career retrospective, which received a physical release last month.

Nearly 25 years into her renowned synthpop career, the Goldfrapp vocalist discusses launching her solo career with this effervescent debut.

Guitarist Daniel Ash explains how the group is re-emerging from the ashes of Bauhaus, this time with vinyl reissues and a set of US tour dates.