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

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.
Laura Studarus

Besting Tiffany’s and Ivanka Trump at their own game is just another jewel in the crown of the LA-based maker.

Coming off of the biggest record of his career, Anthony Gonzalez regroups and looks to the past for inspiration.

2016. Lucius cred Piper Ferguson
Grabbing breakfast with Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig to talk the soul sisters’ new LP “Good Grief.”

Miike Snow / photo by Nick Zinner / Joachim Belaieff / Henrik Korpi
One of Sweden’s greatest exports rides again.

Natalie Prass / photo by Shawn Brackbill
After a big 2015, the Virginia singer/songwriter returns to her home state and drops a stripped-down EP.

Moby. Little Pine. Photo by Melissa Danis
Moby’s new vegan eatery opens November 19 in LA’s Silverlake neighborhood.

Dam-Funk in 2015
The funk maestro tells us about the making of his sprawling new LP, “Invite the Light.”

Other Lives / photo by Emily Ulmer
Lead singer Jesse Tabish talks life, lore, and “Rituals.”

2015. OOFJ, “Acute Feast”
It’s a haunting combination of talents, one that offers no way out. Then again, why would you want one?

Porter Robinson / photo courtesy of Capitol Records
The twenty-two-year-old musician on leaving EDM behind and making a place for himself in the electronic world with his colorful debut album.

Purity Ring’s sophomore album doesn’t come bundled with the same level of mystery as their debut, “Shrines.”

2015. Dan Deacon, “Gliss Riffer”
Keeping up with Dan Deacon is a fool’s errand. His new album “Gliss Riffer” only serves to prove a point already established by the previous fifteen: when it comes to sheer speed of idea presentation, Deacon has the ability to outfox even the most quick-witted and fleet of ear.

2015. José González – Vestiges & Claws
His first cover-song-free album, “Vestiges & Claws” showcases González’s ever-flourishing songwriting skills.

Caribou / 2014 / Photo by Thomas Neukum
Dan Snaith on the state of mind of “Our Love,” Caribou’s first record in four years: “…Relationships change over time. It’s thinking as much about loss as it is about the beginnings of things.”

2014. Korallreven, “Second Comin’” album art
Second Comin’s production straddles the line between summer bliss and autumnal melancholy, cloaking even the sunniest of melodies in a cloud of reverb.

Les Sins Michael album cover artwork
Celebratory and strange, with Michael, Bundick pulls off just about any damn genre he pleases.