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

Neal Francis, Return to Zero
The Chicago-based soul artist finds the funk in digitized-disco on his third album, radiating a glow only known to those who live life on illuminated dance floors.

Kronos Quartet + Mary Kouyoumdjian, Witness
Recorded in remembrance of the victims of the Armenian genocide, the quartet’s work with the documentarian-composer is at turns gorgeous, brutal, and awe-stricken.

Rebecca Black, Salvation
An intoxicating blend of Y2K aesthetics and bubblegum pop, Black’s second album is a celebration of her musical evolution from internet laughing stock to hyperpop powerhouse.
Margaret Farrell

Humberstone’s second single co-written with The 1975’s Matty Healy arrives with a video.

Co-produced by John Congleton, the single is the first look at the duo’s tenth album.

It’s the first single from their forthcoming album Formentera that’s out July 8.

The Versions, out June 10, also features ANOHNI, Greentea Peng, Sudan Archives, Jamila Woods, TYSON, Kelsey Lu, and Seinabo Sey.

It’s the third single from the trio’s forthcoming self-titled album, out June 24 via Saddest Factory Records.

It’s the second look at their new album Dropout Boogie, out May 13 on Nonesuch.

The second single is the title track from her sixth album, out June 3 on Jagjaguwar.

Arcade Fire
It’s the latest single from the group’s forthcoming album WE, out May 6.

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.