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

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.

yeule, Evangelic Girl Is a Gun
The London-via-Singapore alt-pop songwriter continues to experiment on their fifth album, with the heaviest and weirdest moments also feeling the most authentic and energizing.

Aminé, 13 Months of Sunshine
The emcee’s third solo album blends house, hip-hop, and the East African sun to give listeners a deeply personal look at the journeyman rapper’s Eritrean-Ethiopian heritage.
Kim March

H.E.R., Bonnie Raitt, Camila Cabello, and the Jonas Brothers will also be hitting the Grammy stage this year.

MIA at Riot Fest / photo by Brigid Gallagher
Prince William made her a Member Of The Order Of The British Empire.

Daphne Nguyen
The track is off her new EP “Stranger Heart,” due out February 14.

The event will also feature performances by Boogie and Bobby Gonz.

Including covers of “Flea Market,” “Fruit Salad,” “Hungry Hippo,” and “Hookers & Pretty Ugly.”

She’s also announced pop-up art galleries in NYC and LA to celebrate the upcoming release of “Likewise.”

Since the paper’s annual music poll has been discontinued, Glenn Boothe continues the tradition himself.

Sahara / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1 / photo by Max Sweeney
Rage Against the Machine are also headlining, practically the only rockers who made the cut.

The gala takes place at The Hollywood Palladium this Saturday.

The jazzy tune comes off their sophomore record, “mō’zā-ik.”

EASY EYE SOUND/FANTASY
The track is off his Dan Auerbach–produced solo debut “El Dorado,” out in January via Fantasy Records.

The duo covered “It Must Have Been Love” on Swedish radio.

Plus, the full line-up for the second half of “ACL” season 45.

The new supergroup has a full album coming in March.

The new record from the ex-Black Lips guitarist is out this Friday.

The dream rock duo’s new track is off their forthcoming EP, set for release in early 2020.

The London-based fivesome put a foreboding new spin on the Birmingham rockers’ track.

The folk rockers from Philly have a 2020 album coming and opening tour dates with The Lumineers.

The SoCal singer-songwriter released the track’s lyric video today.

The synth-pop songwriter’s new visual promotes endurance and self-care.