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

The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.

Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
Margaret Farrell

The cover is part of the trio’s massive reissue project, and comes from their forthcoming EP Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion which arrives May 27.

Charli XCX
Charli XCX, Turnstile, Jazmine Sullivan, Caroline Polachek, Glass Animals, Maxo Kream, and Willow make for a more exciting lineup.

The new single announces their forthcoming album WE that’s out May 6.

The follow-up to last year’s Inbred EP is out May 12.

The former tourmates collaborate for the first time one-on-one following both artists’ debut albums dropping in 2021.

It’s her first new music since 2019’s Athena.

What’s the Furthest Place From Here? continues its 7-inch series this September.

The follow-up to 2020’s You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere is out now via Fat Possum.

It’s the latest single from Sylvan Esso’s artist-forward record label Psychic Hotline.

The now-duo are releasing Love Is Yours, the follow-up to 2018’s Constant Image, on June 17.

Arcade Fire / photo by Andy Sawyer
The group will be releasing “The Lightning I, II” as a single on Thursday morning.

The new single announces their forthcoming self-titled album, out June 24 via Saddest Factory Records.

It’s the title track from his newly announced debut album, out May 20 via Saddest Factory Records.

It’s the lead single from their newly announced album Dropout Boogie, which arrives May 13 via Nonesuch.

The supergroup are dropping their collaborative album Full Court Press on April 8.

The fest, which also includes Flying Lotus, 2 Chainz, and Skrillex, will take place at Hart Plaza on the weekend of May 28.

The Chicago trio have also shared details on their debut album Versions of Modern Performance, which drops June 3.

It’s the second single from Nadya Tolokonnikova’s forthcoming Tove Lo–produced project.

The new single featuring activist Janey Starling follows last month’s “Baby, I Had an Abortion.”

The festival will return to Chicago’s Union Park on the weekend of July 15.