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

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.

Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside
Originally recorded in 1977 between Florida and Malibu, this resurfaced bootleg collection is a pleasant and easygoing afternoon listen, though not entirely essential for casual fans.

Rufus Wainwright, Dream Requiem
Written in dedication to the smoldering spirits of Verdi and Puccini and the bleak words of Byron, the songwriter’s Requiem-Mass dirge doomily portrays death’s gutting solitude.
Kim March

The Korean producer releases the two tracks as a double single titled “bury me instead.”

“Nanocluster Vol. 1,” the new LP from Malka Spigel of Minimal Compact and Colin Newman of Wire, will also feature Tarwater, Scanner, and Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier.

With his new album “Nonfiction” out now, Ian Johnson fondly recalls the pop-punk greats of the 1990s and 2000s.

The remix arrives on the heels of Manchester Orchestra revealing North American tour dates through early 2022.

Nathan Willett shares which overseas artists the band was listening to while putting together their new LP “New Age Norms 3.”

The Australian pop-punk duo incorporate themes from each track on their recently released collection of songs in their latest visual.

The song arrives ahead of the Kentucky songwriter’s debut album “First Time Feeling,” expected August 6.

A video for the SoCal rock duo’s latest track follows two singles shared earlier this year via Rude Records.

The 41-track collections “Down on Funky Broadway: Phoenix (1966–1967)” and “I Got a Message: Hollywood (1968–1970)” drop this Friday.

The cover follows the disco duo’s debut single for Dangerbird Records, “Secret Melody.”

The thundering single arrives shortly after the dancy May-released “Vroom Vroom.”

The LA musician’s forthcoming album “Down and Out in the Garden of Earthly Delights” is out November 12.

The former reimagines Oh Pep’s “Tea, Milk & Honey,” while the latter takes on Mt. Joy’s “Younger Days.”

The first single from their EP “The Catastrophists” was co-written by Jehnny Beth of Savages, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, and others.

The singles follow a series of live recordings from the jazz artist.

The single arrives ahead of the group’s newly unveiled album “Screen Violence,” out August 27 on Glassnote.

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The single is the latest to arrive ahead of “Happier Than Ever”’s July 30 release date.

Denzel Curry, Little Simz, Charli XCX, Grimes, and many more are also on board for the “immersive virtual music festival experience.”

The U.K. five-piece’s record is out today via Interscope.

The single comes from Atlas’ forthcoming “Quota” EP out July 9.