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

Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
Kim March

The Austin band’s new LP Chronicles of a Diamond is set to arrive on October 27 via ATO Records.

The Georgia-based songwriter’s debut album One Sided will drop November 10.

The melancholy track was produced by the teen songwriter’s mentor Brandi Carlile.

Coming off her supporting tour for Dua Lipa, Zouaï also shares some exclusive behind-the-scenes shots from the video’s filming in South Korea.

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The Nashville-based punks counter the serious lyrical themes of the track with a bit of silliness.

Black Bayou will arrive on October 27 via Easy Eye Sound.

Arriving ahead of the record’s October 13 release date via Loma Vista, the new tracks feature Ny Oh, Jonathan Wilson, and Big Thief’s Buck Meek.

“‘On My Mama’ is the soundtrack to positive affirmations,” said Monét.

Promising climate talks, plant-based food, and roller skating, the event will take place in West London on August 30.

The five-part series commemorating 50 years of the genre arrives via Audible.

The performance video lands ahead of the LA rockers’ late-summer Time Will Wait For No One tour.

The track arrives as a part of Honey Reimagined, a series of reworked versions of songs from Samia’s recent LP.

Shadowlands, the debut album from collaborators Raymond and Carey, is arriving September 15 via Libellule Records.

The track precedes his unannounced follow-up to 2020’s Junk LP.

The new wave icon’s sophomore solo album Realms touches down August 25 via Kill Rock Stars.

Brothers Jonas Rathsman and Franz Novotny share a handful of their favorite tracks by siblings following the release of their debut album Stars Align via RÜFÜS DU SOL’s Rose Avenue label.

Lyndsey Gunnulfsen’s fourth album is out now via Hopeless Records.

Ahead of this weekend’s event in Northern California, the UK songwriter shares what’s getting him pumped before he takes the stage.

The Isle of Wight group’s debut KILLJOY arrives September 8 via Chess Club Records.

Arriving with an intimate video, the track will appear on the group’s forthcoming LP Nosebleeds.