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

The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.

Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
Kim March

The song will appear on the band’s sixth studio album “Nothing as the Ideal,” out September 4.

The Florida punks’ new single was co-written by All-American Rejects’ Nick Wheeler.

The latest installment of LaunchLeft’s Launched Singles Series arrives with a video directed by Mark Pellington.

Tracks from the sisters’ latest LP get reworked by Matthew Dear, Shura, and others.

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.