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

HAIM, I Quit
The sister trio’s fourth full-length is a summer breakup concept record that’s intimate, powerful, and too scattered within its catharsis.

Little Simz, Lotus
The product of a fractured personal and professional relationship, the UK rapper’s sixth album feels like an unexpected new growth blooming on the same familiar plant.

Keep, Almost Static
Toiling away at creating a style all their own for over a decade, the Richmond group’s latest LP exudes a sense of freedom in their doomsday shoegaze sound.
Margaret Farrell

Her debut album Greener on the Other Side is due later this year on Park the Van.

It’s the first new music from the duo since 2019’s Simpatico.

The duo share the latest visual from 2021’s Mercurial World before they start tours with Charli XCX, Porter Robinson, and Flume.

The EP’s tracks came out of the same sessions as her 2021 album Engine of Hell.

Both singles will appear on his forthcoming albums Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.

The new version is the first release from a forthcoming collaboration album out later this year.

The Icelandic singer-songwriter describes the important Nordic landscapes that inspired her.

Finally, New, the duo’s debut album for Jagjaguwar, is out May 13.

It’s the most recent large-format project from the producer since 2020’s i can’t go outside.

It’s the latest single from Barrie Lindsay’s sophomore album Barbara, which is out March 25 via Winspear.

Their 10th studio album A Bit of Previous is out on May 6 via Matador.

Mica Tenenbaum and Matt Lewin discuss making a fantasy world during the pandemic and how LA is the perfect city to help craft their unique future-pop sound.

It’s the third single from their upcoming album THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND that’s out April 1.

The Paul Thomas Anderson–directed visual initially premiered in theaters alongside his film Licorice Pizza.

The monthly show, which begins March 3, will feature artist conversations and some of Bridgers’ favorite tunes.

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It’s the second single from her sophomore album When It Comes, out April 29.

The two musicians linked over their mutual love of comedian and writer Daniel Kitson.

It’s the third single from her forthcoming album Motomami.

On his second single of the year, Hodgy reunites with his former MellowHype collaborator.

Sasami Ashworth talks writing for an audience for the first time and achieving a harsh duality of meaning on her second full-length.