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

Damien Jurado, Reggae Film Star
The songwriter’s 18th LP is a haunted concept album that brings to life the tired hearts, souls, and minds of characters based in a distant, perhaps parallel, past.

Martin Courtney, Magic Sign
The Real Estate vocalist’s second solo LP can coast by in one moment before jolting you back to bygone days with a sharp turn of phrase or instrumental U-turn.

Wire, Not About to Die
For Wire fanatics, this often-coarse collection of Chairs Missing/154-era demos is a necessity.
Margaret Farrell

It’s the follow-up single to “Bored,” which Hagood released last month.

Out August 19, the release features extensive liner notes by original producer Mitch Easter.

The Brooklyn-based songwriter discusses the honest approach she took to her sophomore album Janky Star.

The new EP from the teenage multi-hyphenate is out today.

The fifth installment of their compilation series it out September 2.

The Chicago group’s debut album Eddy is out July 21 via Earth Libraries.

It’s the follow-up single to last month’s “Sunburn.”

The single follows the group’s request for fans to join The Last Cult on social media.

DECIDE, his follow-up to 2019’s Twenty Twenty, is out September 16.

The experimental prog duo also announced a 13-date tour that begins on September 23.

The Philly-based artist’s ninth album is out September 23 via Domino.

The single follows her CAPRISONGS mixtape from earlier this year.

Flying Lotus is set to headline the Hollywood Bowl with the Bowl Orchestra on August 21.

It’s the first single from his newly announced sophomore album Gemini Rights.

The Chicago duo’s newly announced third album SPARK is out September 16 via Secretly Canadian.

Tickets for the September London and LA shows go on sale Friday, June 17.

Her fifth full-length is out September 9 on Little Jerk Records.

It’s the third single from the experimental metal group’s forthcoming album Heaven Is Here, out June 24.

It’s the second single from her forthcoming album Pre Pleasure, out August 26.

Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich play doubles against Heidecker and Doug “DJ Douggpound” Lussenhop with narration by John Lurie.

The new version of her debut album includes seven previously unreleased songs.

It’s the fourth single from the musician’s forthcoming album Sometimes, Forever, out June 24.

The duo will release Fruit, their debut album as The A’s, on July 15.

With her debut album out now, Hannah Judge tells us about the best songs to lose your mind to.

It’s the second single from the duo’s collaborative album Cheat Codes, which is out June 17.

Foo Fighters
The band will perform at London’s Wembley Stadium and LA’s Kia Forum in September.

The track “Woody Shaw” arrives ahead of Jazz Codes, out July 1 via ANTI-.

Their debut album BAD MFs is out now via NFT platform Gala Music.

They also discuss the similarities between performing on stage and preaching on Killer Mike’s PBS interview program Love & Respect.

Killer Mike / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
The celebration of Black American Independence Day will take place on June 19.

The album is out July 29 via Zelig Records.

Denim and Diamonds was produced by Queens of the Stone Age’s Joshua Homme and is out September 23.

The French rock band are currently in the studio finishing their follow-up to 2017’s Ti Amo.

The trio’s fifth studio album Cool It Down is out September 30 via Secretly Canadian.

It’s the title track from her debut EP that’s out July 15.

The songwriter discusses how her Chicago roots, her family, and Greek mythology shaped the cosmic journey that is her debut full-length.

Along with sharing the singles “A Stranger’s House” and “Nearer to Thee,” Butler also announced a series of live dates in August with River L. Ramirez.

Following 2021’s Loving in Stereo, the two singles come with a short film featuring dance troupe Ghetto Funk Collective.

The single arrives ahead of her anticipated sophomore album Masochism.

It’s the first single from her forthcoming Island Records debut MATA.

She also announced her signing to Neon Gold/Atlantic Records.

It’s the second single from the UK artist’s debut album Yesterday Is Heavy, out July 15.

Pavement publicity photos
Their 30-song set included a Jim Pepper cover.

The two songs are part of the band’s deluxe edition for their fourth album Long Lost.

It’s the fourth single from their self-titled album that’s out June 24 via Saddest Factory Records.

He also announced that his debut album Hideous Bastard is out September 9 via Young.

The two musicians met last year and quickly bonded.

The popstar will be taking the Isle of Wight group on tour with him in 2023.

Smith details his excitement for the upcoming 12-track album that will be released before the band’s winter tour.

Bridie Monds-Watson discusses the existential dread that inspired each song from their third album, out now via Rough Trade.

The single arrives ahead of FKJ’s forthcoming album V I N C E N T, out June 10.

It’s the first new music from the North Carolina duo since 2020’s Free Love.

It’s the first single off the Jack Antonoff–produced soundtrack for Minions: The Rise of Gru that also features St. Vincent, Brockhampton, Thundercat, and Phoebe Bridgers.

It’s the fourth single from her upcoming debut album Hypnos, which arrives this Friday.

A video for the single arrives ahead of her Star Stuff EP, which is still in the works.

Jamie xx, Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, M.I.A., James Blake, and Arca are also among the artists performing at the San Francisco fest in September.

Their self-titled EP will see a physical release on June 18 via Partisan.

Available June 3, the deluxe version of her debut album comes with three new tracks.

The Nashville rapper’s new album Metropolis drops June 3 via Mello Music Group.

After a three-year hiatus, the series will return to the LA art museum from June through September.

The video celebrates the one-year anniversary of Maria Ulven’s debut album if i could make it go quiet.

Strange details a painful reality for Black youth in America on his latest single from Farm to Table.

Nine Inch Nails / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Other performers include Ice Cube, Sleater-Kinney, Bauhaus, Descendents, Yellowcard, Alice Glass, The Wonder Years, Bully, and Sunny Day Real Estate.

Asphalt Meadows, the follow-up to 2018’s Thank You for Today, is out September 16.

Cheat Codes—out August 12—features MF Doom, Raekwon & Kid Sister, Joey Bada$$, Conway the Machine, and A$AP Rocky with Run the Jewels.

Apple announced the discontinuation of the iPod Touch—the last variation of the product originally launched over 20 years ago.

It’s the lead single from her forthcoming album Pre Pleasure, out August 26 via Polyvinyl.

Caroline Polachek
The Jack Antonoff–produced project also includes Thundercat, Brockhampton, and Phoebe Bridgers covering classic ’70s hits.

The Pipettes’ Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur’s Graham Coxon share their first song as a duo.

The single follows Rocky’s recent collaborations with A$AP Ant, $NOT, and Nigo.

It’s the English songwriter’s first release since dropping her sophomore album Colourgrade last year.

Enter to win a pair of tickets to the Pasadena festival taking place on August 27 & 28, and featuring The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, and many more.

Beach House 2021
Get a taste of the duo’s soundtrack in the two teasers shared ahead of the film’s release this Friday.

It’s Blanco second collaborative single of the year following “Family Ties” with Michael Stipe.

Beach Bunny
It’s the third single from their forthcoming sophomore album Emotional Creature, out July 22.

The single comes with an Alaska-directed video featuring some steamy scenes with a robot.

Events throughout June at The O2 in London will bring together artists and climate experts to discuss global change.

How Do You Burn? is out September 9 on Royal Cream/BMG.

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Shaun Fleming recalls how a house party fire, middle school bullies, family trauma, and lost friends shaped their most personal album to date.

Humberstone’s second single co-written with The 1975’s Matty Healy arrives with a video.

Co-produced by John Congleton, the single is the first look at the duo’s tenth album.

It’s the first single from their forthcoming album Formentera that’s out July 8.

The Versions, out June 10, also features ANOHNI, Greentea Peng, Sudan Archives, Jamila Woods, TYSON, Kelsey Lu, and Seinabo Sey.

It’s the third single from the trio’s forthcoming self-titled album, out June 24 via Saddest Factory Records.

It’s the second look at their new album Dropout Boogie, out May 13 on Nonesuch.

The second single is the title track from her sixth album, out June 3 on Jagjaguwar.

Arcade Fire
It’s the latest single from the group’s forthcoming album WE, out May 6.

The former Free Cake for Every Creature leader returns with her first new music since 2019.

It’s the fourth single from her upcoming concept album Forest City that’s out May 6 on Innovative Leisure.

The single “Hot Girl” soundtracks the trailer for the blood-stained horror comedy starring Amandla Stenberg, Lee Pace, and Pete Davidson.

It’s the first we’ve heard from the Zambian-born artist since her 2019 album The Return.

The legendary new wave group announced a 15-date farewell tour.

It’s the latest offering from the Toronto-based project’s self-titled EP out May 6 on Telephone Explosion Records.

The first full-length from Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg and Water From Your Eyes’ Nates Amos is out today.

The musician gave an interview and performed “What’s the Trick” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The former Blur guitarist and former Pipettes vocalist will release their debut via Transgressive Records.

Carpenter and fellow Halloween collaborators Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter shared the upcoming adaptation’s end title theme.

It’s the second single from her debut album Preacher’s Daughter that’s out May 12.

It’s the title track from their forthcoming EP, out June 3.