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

Goon, Dream 3
Both brighter-eyed and harder-hearted, the LA quartet return with a third LP of full-bodied psych-shoegaze which settles deeply into Kenny Becker’s cataclysmic transitional life period.

Ólafur Arnalds & Talos, A Dawning
This seamless collaboration fuses the Icelandic composer’s gentle, piano-based soundscapes with the late Irish artist’s poignant electronica and singular voice without ever feeling saccharine.

Gina Birch, Trouble
This second solo LP moves further into the Raincoats co-founder’s melodic mix of dub-rock, neo-jazz, skeletal R&B, and space-pop as she continues to eschew creature comforts.
Kim March

The hypnotic dreamscape was directed by Art Camp and Saad Moosajee.

The power pop foursome are back with five new tracks that were left off “Young Enough.”

The multi-instrumentalist’s sophomore record puts a satirical spin on folk rock.

The film is directed by Alma Har’el from an original script by LaBeouf himself.

The Aussie musician (not the pie) is releasing a record February 21 via Cascine.

Illuminati Hotties
The LA indie rockers release a new tune about feelin’ worthless in a relationship.

Two young rappers from the art collective have a small solo project.

Filmed in New Orleans and Haiti, the video celebrates the disparate locations’ cultural connection in advance of the Krewe du Kanaval festival.

The electronic duo visit an animal shelter and encourage you to adopt in Los Angeles.

There’s also a Zach Galifianakis cameo.

The duo performed Gaynor’s iconic hit at Radio City Music Hall.

A blood-curdling new track from the score to A24’s “The Lighthouse,” out October 18.

It’s twenty-one minutes long, which is about the length of actual fall these days.

Their North American “Riceboy Sleeps” tour kicks off today.

All proceeds from the song will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and MusiCares.

Released on World Mental Health Day, the clip aims to raise awareness.

The punk group made a benefit record to help find a cure for ALS, a disease Shattuck suffered from.

The video is part of their “Thrash N Dash” series, wherein they set up somewhere and play/film/bail.

The TV broadcast episode will air early next year as part of ACL’s Season 45.

The Cure
Plus some other revelations from Robert Smith’s NME exclusive.