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

Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
Margaret Farrell

The former Free Cake for Every Creature leader returns with her first new music since 2019.

It’s the fourth single from her upcoming concept album Forest City that’s out May 6 on Innovative Leisure.

The single “Hot Girl” soundtracks the trailer for the blood-stained horror comedy starring Amandla Stenberg, Lee Pace, and Pete Davidson.

It’s the first we’ve heard from the Zambian-born artist since her 2019 album The Return.

The legendary new wave group announced a 15-date farewell tour.

It’s the latest offering from the Toronto-based project’s self-titled EP out May 6 on Telephone Explosion Records.

The first full-length from Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg and Water From Your Eyes’ Nates Amos is out today.

The musician gave an interview and performed “What’s the Trick” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The former Blur guitarist and former Pipettes vocalist will release their debut via Transgressive Records.

Carpenter and fellow Halloween collaborators Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter shared the upcoming adaptation’s end title theme.

It’s the second single from her debut album Preacher’s Daughter that’s out May 12.

It’s the title track from their forthcoming EP, out June 3.

The Pogues cover comes from her recent album Covers.

Farm to Table, the follow-up to 2020’s Live Forever, is out June 17 via 4AD.

Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner will release A Light for Attracting Attention on May 13.

The Chicago-born musician announced her debut album Hypnos is out May 20.

It’s the first original solo single from the former lead singer of Chromatics.

It’s the latest offering from her forthcoming album Arkhon, out May 20.

The event—which also sees Green Day and Post Malone claiming headlining slots—will take place on the weekend of August 5 in Golden Gate Park.

It’s the first look at their forthcoming album Freakout/Release, out August 19 on Domino.