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

Wisp, If Not Winter
Natalie Lu’s debut leans into the “pop” side of dream pop, exploring the double-edged sword of yearning with big builds and a combination of delicacy and pummeling sound.

The Armed, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
The Detroit punks’ sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak.

OK Cool, Chit Chat
The Chicago duo pull the strings taut on their emo-pop debut, adding piano passages, guitar theatrics, and other flourishes to their established college-radio-rock sound.
Margaret Farrell

It’s the Swedish musician’s first new original music since 2020’s “BRON.”

It’s the latest music from Blanco following their mini-album from last year Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep.

It’s the latest glimpse of the A24 film’s soundtrack, which boasts contributions from Mitski, David Byrne, Randy Newman, and more.

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.