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 four-hour film debuts on HBO next month.

Along with the announcement of supporting dates for Cherry Glazerr, the Boston indie trio return with a timely single.

To complement their apocalyptic sophomore record, the garage rockers compiled a playful soundtrack to the end times.

This Valentine’s Day, Lizzo has blessed us with the title track from her anticipated debut.

Hailing from Norway, the three-piece serve up ten tracks recalling last decade’s dream pop revival.

I don’t think I want a friend like Will Smith.

The LA songwriter shares a video for the jangly track from his upcoming Bar/None debut.

The Jim James–produced single is the latest teaser for the LA psych pop band’s debut LP.

The Liverpool four-piece’s third album What’s It Like Over There? is due out in April.

The indie three-piece follow up last year’s Spring EP with Nothing Happens, out March 22 on Atlantic.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / photo by Kirby Gladstein
The shape-shifting Australian psych act swap their gratuitous guitars for gratuitous keyboards.

The jangly Georgia fourpiece soundtracks intergenerational naps in a new video probably not inspired by Harmony Korine.

The Tigers Jaw and Goth Boi Clique leader adds some dreary imagery to “Suffer On”’s first single.

With the help of a few Jenny Lewis collaborators, the LA songwriter is turning six of her strongest tracks into the So Romantic EP.

The Philadelphia psych-folk songwriter spent a week in Europe in anticipation of his latest LP. We got some highlights.

The French version of the stellar A Million and One single gets a Euro house-inspired remix.

For his latest intricate synth-pop orchestration, Talos offers up a heartfelt video—despite its dark subject matter.

You have the N.A.S.A. producer’s blessing to make babies to his latest single.

In her ACL debut, Janelle caps her landmark year with a cut from “Electric Lady.”

The Los Angeles–based chanteuse—whose debut EP will be out soon via Republic Records—recognizes that sometimes, love hurts.