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

Neil Young, Coastal: The Soundtrack
Documenting his 2023 tour, Young’s umpteenth live album both simplifies the noise of Crazy Horse’s recent recordings and solidly renders familiar hits in a solo setting.

Adrian Younge, Something About April III
The third and final installment of his vintage psych-soul trilogy sees the songwriter bring the large history of Brazil into a tight narrative revolving around young love and class struggle.

Julien Baker & TORRES, Send a Prayer My Way
Baker and Mackenzie Scott’s debut pop-country collaboration is made up of a nuanced and emotionally kinetic set of hangdog story-songs that wear their nudie suits with pride.
Kim March

A Boy Harsher remix of “Your Body Changes Everything” arrives ahead of the LP’s February 19 release.

The songwriter calls it “a lonely dream sequence made out of a drum machine and electric guitar.”

The songwriter also shared the new single “Hardline” today from her forthcoming LP “Little Oblivions.”

The composer shares the first single from “Yin,” set to be released later in 2021 followed by a second LP called—you guessed it—“Yang.”

“There is no place here for White Supremacy. People need each other to be truly free. Hatred will never find Freedom.”

The single features Polvo guitarist Ash Bowie, and will appear on the abstract rockers’ debut album “Volume One,” out January 22 on Don Giovanni.

from pitchfork fest 2019
Ferreira shared a lost recording of the single over the weekend in celebration of Bowie’s birthday.

Laetitia Tamko also shares plans for a live stream event scheduled for January 29.

The guitarist’s first solo album in thirty years is out February 12 via Shimmy Disc/Joyful Noise.

The songwriter performs tracks from her debut EP in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

The 24-hour streaming event kicks off at 5 p.m. PST with donations benefiting Los Angeles homeless charities.

From “Orange Is the New Black” director Rebecca Knox, the series features live music, magic, and more.

The Shudder to Think frontman brings his contribution to the “Hanukkah+” compilation to life.

The songwriter performs the “Daughter” single in Morrisville, North Carolina.

The single arrives ahead of the quarantine-inspired LP, out March 5 via Compass Records.

The duo perform their joint single from Annan, Scotland and Los Angeles, CA respectively.

The songwriter works through a breakup in the visual for her recent single.

The dub legend lends his expertise to the psych-tinged Americana single.

Catch Rodrigo y Gabriela, Kamasi Washington, Carlos, Santana, and more highlights from past seasons starting January 15.

The National / photo by Molly Adams
Their self-titled debut, “Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers,” and the “Cherry Tree” EP will return February 26.