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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The Altons, Heartache in Room 14
The Southeast LA band takes bold risks on their sophomore LP, blending Latin soul, Motown blues, psychedelic rock, bolero, and just a bit of their punk roots with a vintage production sheen.
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Drop Nineteens, 1991
These nine shelved recordings remain resplendent explosions of emotion and wonder 34 years later, despite the then-nascent Boston shoegazers clearly striving to find their sound.
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Horsegirl, Phonetics On and On
On their Cate Le Bon–produced second album, the Chicago trio reflects the fragmentation and uncertainty of geographical change by experimenting with a more minimalist, primitive palette.
Kevin Crandall
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The LA-based artist discusses the self-deprecation, imposter syndrome, and, ultimately, self-confidence of her debut album The Jester, which details her struggle to break into the music industry.
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On his latest EP, the Detroit musician leans into his hip-hop roots while exploring what it means to love and resist over four quick-hit tracks enveloped by marijuana smoke.
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Politically punk while sonically dance music, The B-52’s vocalist’s first solo record in nine years is a musically and thematically diverse scattershot of personal reflection and activism.
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The 11 rock-out earworms chronicling depression and anxiety on the Tacoma-based group’s second LP are well worth the headache.
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The Filipina-English artist’s Rick Rubin–produced third album provides a brutally realist introduction to the emotional maturation she’s undergone in the two years since her last LP.
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On her studio debut, the Bronx rapper and it-girl of Gen Z’s Y2K aesthetic revivalism gives the impression of a young artist exploring her range.
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The West Coast emcee shares how years of observing his TDE labelmates helped shape his new record, which was five years in the making.
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On his final release with Def Jam, the Long Beach rapper builds upon his recent output to hone in on the darkness of his past while offering a glimpse into his healing process.