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

Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Their first new album in fifteen years spins on an axis of subtly infectious refrains and gently askew rhythms—it’s avant-garde art-pop as something radically old yet experimentally new.

Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.

These New Puritans, Crooked Wing
The interplay of organ and voice throughout the Essex band’s fifth album creates a haunting document of the modern world wrestling for coexistence with the old world.
Kim March

Rod Thomas shares the uplifting single ahead of BLBL’s September-scheduled LP “Fun City.”

The clip for the latest “WIMPIII” single features choreography from Frances and the Lights.

The “I vs I” single gets a bizarre video full of sumo suits and nylon stocking masks.

Jealous of the Birds, Benjamin Scheuer, and MICHELLE also contribute to the Bob Dylan cover.

The brass-heavy hardcore group share a new arrangement of the singles.

With his new EP “Crush” out today, Jackson Phillips shares eleven tracks he’s been returning to lately.

The National Independent Venue Association was formed by over 800 venues looking for support.

The Sigur Rós singer shares the new single with a video co-directed by himself and Giovanni Ribisi.

Photo by Atiba Jefferson. Background photo by Glen E. Friedman.
The filmmaker and his “Beastie Boys Story” subjects will be doing an AMA tomorrow night on Reddit.

The track comes from the Bay Area songwriter’s self-titled debut, out earlier this year.

Nelson is launching a massive live stream this afternoon in support of the Last Prisoner Project.

The third single from “To Love Is to Live” arrives with the news of a new June 12 release date.

The short film explores trauma and re-acclimation from the viewpoint of the recently incarcerated.

Vince Staples at Coachella / photo courtesy Goldenvoice
The film will be streaming for free on the festival’s YouTube channel at noon PST.

The album is out today on Drag City—here’s what Haley Fohr has to say about the songs.

The singer shares a self-made video for her debut single, out today via Domino Records.

The S1E3 “Song Machine” installment arrives with a clip of the band on the road.

Offspring of hip-hop giants Wu-Tang Clan offer up a new version of their recent single.

The LA three-piece follow up last year’s debut LP with a playful single.

The Montreal indie collective offer a second sample from their forthcoming LP “Lovers Rock.”