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

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.

BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.

Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
Lily Moayeri

Henry Binns on long-distance collaboration, adding Lou Stone to the mix, and continuing to write only for themselves.

Organizers of HeadCount, Rock the Vote, and other youth-empowering voter education groups—and some of the artists they work with—share how music continues to push for democracy.

Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, Jodie Comer as Villanelle – Killing Eve _ Season 3, Episode 3 – Photo Credit: Laura Radford/BBCAmerica/Sid Gentle
We spoke with composer David Holmes from Unloved and music supervisor Catherine Grieves about the show’s killer soundtrack.

Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, and Heidi Holicker reunite to chat with the writer of the new musical adaptation

The series will include unheard tracks from River’s band Aleka’s Attic and others.

On the day Coachella 2020 should have been kicking off, here’s what we learned from the new documentary film.

Photoshoot with music band Grouplove. Shot for Flood Magazine on 3.10.2020. Photographed in Los Angeles, California.
A decade into their career together, Christian Zucconi and Hannah Hooper discuss family, origins, and recovery.

At 50, the French musician’s made his third solo album and lives contentedly in Paris, far away from the scene.

The English rocker on his sophomore solo album “Why Me? Why Not.” and doing things on his own terms.

The English expat talks her new album, alter egos, settling in LA, and giving back to the community.

An incidental enrollment in a performative poetry class led the Chicago artist to a career in music.

Jeff and Steve McDonald on “Beyond the Door” and keeping the party going for over forty years.

The Icelandic band’s frontwoman Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir on their new album and why they won’t move to America.

When she’s not touring behind her debut album, she’s eager to share her passion for music with younger generations.

The artist formerly known as Chet Faker balances solidarity and collaboration on his new LP, “Run Fast Sleep Naked.”

Desert Daze moves to a new location but keeps the same far out vibe.