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

Glixen, Quiet Pleasures
Compelling yet uneven, the strongest compositions on the Phoenix shoegazers’ sophomore EP are often also the most experimental.

Anxious, Bambi
Calling back to the “big swing” pop-punk records from the turn of the millennium, the Connecticut band’s sophomore release is emotionally intelligent and impressively fine-tuned.

Patterson Hood, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
The Drive-By Truckers frontman’s first solo album in over a decade both softens and complicates the alt-country band’s barroom-rock formula, distinguishing itself to mixed results.
Kim March

The track closes out the Canadian songwriter’s debut EP Pretty Red Bird, which lands today via Sony Music Entertainment Canada.

The LA trio shares how documentaries on therapy and nature helped shape their latest collection of dance music.

The songwriter’s next chapter begins October 18 with the release of her I Really Don’t Care! EP.

With his fourth LP out now via Mercury Records, Sloan Struble takes us track by track through Dayglow.

Josh Ostrander also contributes a track-by-track breakdown of his latest release, out tomorrow via Last Gang Records.

The track introduces Kayla Graninger’s sophomore album, Divine Urge, which lands October 25 via Congrats Records.

The alt-R&B songwriter shares a visual for the latest single from his LP Zinc., which arrives next month via Mom + Pop.

Ahead of the project’s official release tomorrow, the LA-based songwriter is also sharing a visual for the EP cut “Hate Myself.”

Ruby McKinnon’s fourth record Girl Prometheus arrives November 1 via Nettwerk.

Tickets are on sale now for “Amazing Humans Doing Amazing Things!,” a benefit show for the magazine which will take place on October 8 at Town Hall NYC.

The alt-pop group’s new guest-heavy LP Nosebleeds:Encore is out today, and features additional collaborations from Pom Pom Squad, Meet Me @ the Altar, and more.

McMahon’s recently revived emo-pop outfit will pick up their Out of Office tour again in August.

Ahead of their set at Pitchfork Fest this weekend, the riot grrrl icons share that the remastered versions of their second and third LPs will drop October 25 via Kill Rock Stars.

The Connecticut-based songwriter shares her first new track after inking a deal with Giant Music.

The 2022 hit gets reimagined for the Nashville-based songwriter’s new LP June, Baby, out today via One Riot Records.

The Amsterdam-based songwriter’s new project is set to arrive August 30 via New West Records.

The London-based dance-pop songwriter shares how everyone from Can to Dua Lipa inspired his follow-up to 2022’s Mellow Moon.

Following the release of her newly announced third album Charm on July 12, Claire Cottrill will be playing five nights at The Fonda and Webster Hall in September.

The track will be featured on a September mixtape titled Do Before You Die.

The rapper’s eighth album is set to arrive this Friday via Def Jam.