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 Bay Area rapper freestyled for over thirty-three hours earlier this month

Karen O performs the “Show Your Bones” track from the closet with her band phoned in.

The band celebrates twenty years with a new hardcover book out October 16.

It’s the second single from the Launched Artists Digital Singles Series leading up to River Phoenix’s 50th birthday.

The songwriter shares her third single from “Turbulence,” out July 17.

As we await the release of her rescheduled third album, Price shares a recording of a 2018 set at The Ryman.

“The Raging Sea” arrives today with a music video ahead of the July 24 release date for their SharpTone debut.

The Oklahoman songwriter serves up a flashy visual for his dance-friendly new single.

Ahead of its Friday release, the dreamy surf-rock duo unleash their sophomore record.

The actor and rapper appeared with the show’s cast for the first time in six years for a table read.

The jangly Australian rockers share their first new music since March’s “Flaws” EP.

Questlove. ?uestlove.
Q will be joined by Tiffany Haddish, Black Thought, Olivia Wilde, and plenty more.

El-P: “RTJ4 DROPPING IN 24 DAYS”

Eight-year-old Jolee Dunn’s self-penned inquisitive track gets fleshed out with a full band.

Capes
The song is the first release from the Launched Artists Digital Singles Series leading up to River Phoenix’s 50th birthday.

Maynard James Keenan revives another project after hinting at new music on social media.

The Amsterdam-born multi-instrumentalist shares a new song and video via the singles label WILDER.

Rivers Cuomo’s gift to all the mothers out there is an animated performance of “Blue Dream.”

The second of which, “Flight Tower,” is out June 26 via Domino.

With his own rock opera out later this week, the producer and songwriter shares some inspirations.