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

Car Seat Headrest, The Scholars
Channeling Ziggy Stardust’s glam transcendence, Will Toledo resurrects the album as a grandiose narrative vehicle while marking his valiant stride into the rock canon.

Andy Bell, Ten Crowns
The Erasure frontman works out something open and anthemic on his latest solo album, with producer Dave Audé adding subtler shades to his post-house pop mix.

Viagra Boys, viagr aboys
The Swedish post-punks’ fourth album combines half-assed humor with half-assed performances, filling in the void left by guitar-centric punk with demented synth tinkering.
Kim March

The psych/soul blend comes off an album of the same name, out March 13 via Colemine Records.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs / photo by Luis Moreno
The Amazon Original exclusive track is available today.

“Simmer” is the first track off “PETALS FOR ARMOR,” her new album out in May.

“Traditional Techniques” will be out March 6 via Matador.

“Other Side of Town” mixes New Orleans R&B with doo-wop gang vocals in a psychedelic blender.

The 1975 at Shrine Expo Hall / photo by Joyce Jude Lee
The upcoming tour also comes with some environmental promises.

Featuring Tame Impala, Missy Elliott, Flume, Vampire Weekend, and more.

The track is off “The Turning” movie soundtrack, and is inspired in part by the late Jay Reatard.

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.