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

Kronos Quartet + Mary Kouyoumdjian, Witness
Recorded in remembrance of the victims of the Armenian genocide, the quartet’s work with the documentarian-composer is at turns gorgeous, brutal, and awe-stricken.

Rebecca Black, Salvation
An intoxicating blend of Y2K aesthetics and bubblegum pop, Black’s second album is a celebration of her musical evolution from internet laughing stock to hyperpop powerhouse.

Hamilton Leithauser, This Side of the Island
The Walkmen vocalist finds an exquisite balance of raspy, lounge-lizard crooning and angsty art-rocking on a solo album full of distressed lyricism and black humor.
Kim March

Originally released earlier this month, the single is the first new music from the duo since signing with Elektra Records.

The event will run from May 31 through July 2 across various venues in NYC.

The track arrives ahead of the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s latest record, Natural.

The cathartic single follows the Minneapolis trio’s signing to Big Loud Rock.

Before the album officially drops tomorrow, vocalist Joedin Morelock shares a track-by-track breakdown with us.

The bassist and funk songwriter’s debut album Lotus Glow drops this Friday via Unity Group.

The UK-based songwriter’s debut EP Hookey is set to arrive March 24 via Secretly Canadian.

Produced by Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary and featuring Renée Zellweger, the filmmaker/musician’s new LP Texas Radio arrives March 17.

My Morning Jacket
The Beach Boys, Janet Jackson, and Jill Scott will also be among the artists performing at the iconic LA venue later this year.

The Sharon Van Etten–featuring single from Strays gets a glossy, Risky Business–referencing visual.

Caroline Polachek
The original tune, “Welcome to My Island,” will appear on Polachek’s forthcoming album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You.

The original track appeared on Björk’s most recent album Fossora, released last September.

The songwriter and producer’s latest track is a glimpse into the new era of her career.

Modest Mouse
The event will take place the weekend of August 19 in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Wet Leg
Before hitting the road in February, the UK duo shares a reworking of their 2021 breakout hit.

Originally performed on the Australian radio station Triple J, the cover follows the electro-pop duo’s WET TENNIS LP from earlier this year.

Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, her sophomore album under her own name, will arrive next Valentine’s Day.

If you’re in LA, you can also win a pair of tickets to the band’s sold out residency at Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge next week.

Ahead of the newly announced album launch shows for their forthcoming LP Never Going Under, the English quartet share the songs that get them hyped before they hit the stage.

The single arrives ahead of the Utah-based folk-pop project’s latest collection of songs, out March 3.