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

His latest singles “Breakaway” and “Everybody I Know Moved to LA” are out now.

The record is set for a July 29 release via Capitol Records.

The new single comes alongside news of their signing to Get Better Records.

The collaborative track is the latest look at their upcoming album World Wide Pop, out July 15.

It’s the group’s first new music since 2019’s Heaven Surrounds You.

“Fire Escape” arrives alongside the reveal of the new album, which comes out July 22 via Mom+Pop.

It’s the last single before duo of Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg and Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos release CRY MFER on April 22 via Hardly Art.

Braxe & Falcon enlisted Panda Bear on one of the two singles they’ve shared today off their forthcoming EP, which arrives August 26.

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.