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

Anika, Abyss
On her third LP, the Berlin-via-UK songwriter rediscovers her roots as a lyricist and as a vocalist within the roomy ambience that the finest moments of the record provide.

Cleopatrick, FAKE MOON
Doing away with their blues-stomp/desert-rock hybrid in favor of something more mellow and downbeat, the Canadian duo’s sophomore LP is a collection of deep sighs and broken hearts.

Momma, Welcome to My Blue Sky
The Brooklyn quartet furthers their liberated bless-this-mess energy with the soft, cheeky smile of dream pop to provide a go-to soundtrack for driving on the highway with windows down.
Kurt Orzeck

2015. Ricked Wicky, “I Sell the Circus”
While nothing on “Circus” is revolutionary, it sure is entertaining.

2014. Ty Segall, “Manipulator” album art
Like Conan O’Brien’s hair, Ty Segall is on fire.

2014. Twin Peaks, “Wild Onion” album art
Cadien Lake James has some choice words for all you Chicago haters: “I can see into the future / I can see the weather change,” he sings on the first track of his band’s second album.

2014. The Black Angels, “Clear Lake Forest” album art.
Following last year’s successes, the Black Angels are staging an encore with Clear Lake Forest, a 30-minute effort that tells stories of executioners and—you guessed it—clear lakes.