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

Bob Mould, Here We Go Crazy
Explicitly pitched as a response to the unrest of early 2025, the former Hüsker Dü leader’s first album in five years continues to confidently summon instant-earworm hooks and visceral thrills.

Vundabar, Surgery and Pleasure
The infectious Boston trio’s sixth album adds some complexity to their signature jangle with darker, rougher textures, though its lyrics don’t always live up to the music’s maturity level.

Alabaster DePlume, A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole
Informed by the dualities of harm and healing, the English saxophonist and poet weaves a tapestry of sounds—spiritual jazz, folk, classical, and beyond—into a potent missive of grace.
Kim March

Her New EP “The Show Is Over” is out today.

It’s the second single from the collaborative LP “NOT ON THE MAP” arriving October 1 on Dangerbird.

A fixture of the city’s live music scene since the ’70s, Howard Mordoh tells his story in the documentary short.

The event series hosted by the LA venue kicks off July 30.

The touring member of Crowded House and Wild Nothing will release his debut solo album in August.

The second solo album from The Internet’s bassist is out now via Fat Possum.

The electronic psych duo featuring Ratatat’s Mike Stroud will release their new album “VISUALS” some time this summer.

The Brighton collective share their first new music since 2020’s “Facing Home Mixtape.”

It’s one of two singles from the Philly band that arrives today ahead of a promised future full-length.

Hear what the D.C. trio had to say about the 13 tracks that encapsulate the highs and lows of life since the pandemic.

“Fits of Laughter” arrives August 13 via Elektra Records.

The rockers will be joined by Cherry Glazerr in LA on August 14 ahead of a September 9 set in Berkeley.

“Phantom Island,” the Swedish duo’s first LP in nearly nine years, arrives this summer.

It’s the follow-up single to the group’s first EP “Luna.”

The Utah rockers take on the rapper’s “Swimming” single.

The Swedish musician’s forthcoming debut EP “Kantande Wanai” is out June 4.

The Phil Ek–produced record arrives June 25 via Cherry Lime Records.

The pair are joined by Krist Novoselic on the track from Grohl Sr.’s new touring documentary.

The art-pop collective shares the soulful first single from the new album, out July 9 on Paper Bag Records.

Their upcoming album “Bonfires” is due this summer.