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 group also shares a release date for the full first season of “Song Machine,” which includes features from St. Vincent, Beck, JPEGMAFIA, and many more.

“What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down” drops September 25.

St. Vincent / photo by Laura Studarus
The X Japan drummer reworks Annie Clark’s 2017 “MASSEDUCTION” single.

It’s the latest single from the band’s sixteenth album “American Head,” out September 11.

Savage’s piano-and-strings LP “Life Is Crazy” drops October 2 via Arbutus Records.

Portugal. The Man / photo by Adrian Santos
The “Annie” classic arrives alongside original songs by Sia, Chromeo, and Tove Lo on the track list.

With her “The Campground” EP announced today, Ortiz shares the songs she looks to for confidence.

James Mathé’s teases a yet-untitled 2021 release from his one-man electronica outfit.

Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals
The online fest includes live and archival sets from Gorillaz, D’Angelo, Sharon Van Etten, and many more.

The line of bandanas designed by world-class artists goes on sale today on eBay.

The Louisiana rockers perform the “Pleasure Line” single from Ray Micarelli’s backyard.

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

The pianist discusses themes on his latest solo record, which features Justin Vernon, Jamila Woods, and Leon Russell.

The new single arrives ahead of their fifth album “What Is There,” out September 11.

The “visual album experience” arrives with news of a limited edition vinyl pressing of his recent LP.

The Baltimore group’s sixth album will drop October 9 via 4AD.

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.