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

The single arrived paired with the track “Greatness” last month.

Tickets for the Pasadena-set fest—which will also feature a Le Tigre reunion—go on sale next week, with the event taking place next August.

The Swedish rockers’ sixth LP “House” arrives early next year.

The event will take place March 19 at LA State Historic Park.

The collaborative track between Jacknife Lee and Cathal Coughlan arrives with a space-y visual.

The songwriter’s major-label debut, featuring reworkings of songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and more, is out now.

Formerly known as Sons of an Illustrious Father, the duo’s debut under the moniker is out today.

The track comes from collaborators Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone’s recent album.

The colorful visual arrives ahead of the album of the same name, due out January 21.

The LA-based duo’s new album “MONSTERHOUSE” is out today.

The new single arrives in the wake of her joining ABBA’s live band.

The Adelaide-based rockers yearn for a vacation that’s both physical and mental in their latest single.

The new LP arrives February 4 via Dead Oceans.

The Brighton jangle-pop ensemble takes us through their debut album track by track.

Pianist Dustin O’Halloran joins Alex Brown Church on the second new single from his “Through a Dark Wood (Deluxe)” LP.

Their collaborative track appears on the soundtrack to “FIFA 22.”

Chaz Bear joins Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, Mitski, and Bright Eyes on the DO roster.

The single announces the Montreal-based songwriter’s new LP “SHIFTING,” out December 10.

It’s the latest single following his collaborations with Chloe Moriondo and mxmtoon.

It’s the latest single from his forthcoming album.