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 English/Irish emcee lists 10 tracks he had on repeat through the recording process.

Bon Iver at Eaux Claires / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Justin Vernon’s second single of the year will benefit Direct Relief and COVID frontline responders.

With their sophomore record out now, the band shares their favorite tracks about spending time together.

Neil Young photographed in Malibu for FLOOD by Michael Muller
Young looks to collect after years of Trump playing his songs at campaign rallies.

Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ week-long over-Zoom book signing has already sold out.

The Fort Lauderdale collective’s second LP dropped last week on Tooth & Nail Records.

The cover is included in his recent split with the West Coast punks.

Along with the second track from “Another Century Wasted,” Siegel answers some of our most pressing questions in cartoon form.

The track will appear on the R&B duo’s forthcoming “The Amanda Tape.”

Most of the record’s eleven tracks are reworked from last year’s “All Mirrors.”

Stream the event—which includes classic Lolla sets and new live streams—this weekend on YouTube.

The electropop duo’s fourth LP, “Recover,” arrives today.

The single follows up the rapper/songwriter’s hardcore-punk single “DEATH.”

The latest single from the London trio share another single, this time with a home movie–inspired visual.

The Nashville-based songwriter performs the track from her newly released debut album.

The debut solo track from the Vandaveer songwriter arrives with a clip directed by Jared Varava.

The video aims to raise awareness for mental health care for African youths in Australia.

The track arrives ahead of the songwriter’s “Young & Dying in the Occident Supreme” EP.

The singer/songwriter shares a playlist to precede her new LP “Old Flowers,” which drops this Friday.

The song is the latest single for the Launched Artists Digital Singles Series.