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
The Los Angeles Issue
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Sinai Vessel, I Sing
Caleb Cordes provides a thoughtfully nuanced thesis statement for his heartland indie-rock project as he paints a portrait of an artist working under the long shadow of late capitalism.
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BLK ODYSSY, 1-800-FANTASY
On his third showcase of vivid storytelling under the moniker, Juwan Elcock adds early 2000s pop-rock to his pre-established melting pot of R&B, hip-hop, funk, and jazz.
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Wand, Vertigo
The Cali psych-rockers offer tangible connections between their early, blazing garage bashers and later forays into more progressive terrain with their adventurously cohesive sixth LP.
Katherine Yeske Taylor
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The former shoegaze group’s co-founder discusses her ultra-candid new memoir, Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success.
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The former Joy Division and New Order bassist honors both bands as he tours with his new group, Peter Hook & the Light.
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With their fifth full-length, the self-proclaimed Birkenstocks of indie rock reemerge with a determinedly optimistic attitude.
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The prolific comedian/musician (and his dog Luci) spend a day showing us the best things to do in Greenwich Village.
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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.
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Regarded as one of the most influential drummers in rock, The Police’s percussionist is reissuing his earliest work under the mysterious alter ego.
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©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.
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With a new best-of solo compilation and gorgeous guitar book out now, the guitarist reflects on his many accomplishments.
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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.
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Neil Halstead discusses the pioneering shoegaze band’s first release in six years, an unabashedly optimistic look at the dark times it emerged from.
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After three decades as an acclaimed songwriter, Case discusses her much-deserved career retrospective, which received a physical release last month.
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Nearly 25 years into her renowned synthpop career, the Goldfrapp vocalist discusses launching her solo career with this effervescent debut.
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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.
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Jason Williamson shares how the English post-punk duo continues to reveal our world’s darkest corners in a way that’ll make you dance on their unflinching 12th album UK Grim.
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From veggie burgers and Moroccan coffee to hardcore-punk record shops, the Ukrainian punk takes us through a perfect day in his adopted hometown.