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

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.
Margaret Farrell

The single announces her forthcoming album Big Time, out June 3 via Jagjaguwar.

The track comes from Nigo’s compilation album I Know Nigo, out tomorrow, which also features Clipse, Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Gunna, and Pop Smoke.

It’s the latest single from their forthcoming album Two Ribbons, out April 29 via Transgressive.

The track announces her forthcoming album rising, which arrives May 20.

The rotating roster also includes Alvvays, Bartees Strange, Faye Webster, Indigo De Souza, Lucy Dacus, Sleater Kinney, Snail Mail, and Waxahatchee.

The album, out June 17, features Mike Hadreas’ two 2019 singles “Pop Song” and “Eye in the Wall.”

The single announces her forthcoming album Sometimes, Forever out June 24.

It’s the latest single from Apollo’s forthcoming album Ivory, out April 8.

The follow-up to 2019’s Fine Line is out May 20.

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.