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

Caroline Polachek
The Jack Antonoff–produced project also includes Thundercat, Brockhampton, and Phoebe Bridgers covering classic ’70s hits.

The Pipettes’ Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur’s Graham Coxon share their first song as a duo.

The single follows Rocky’s recent collaborations with A$AP Ant, $NOT, and Nigo.

It’s the English songwriter’s first release since dropping her sophomore album Colourgrade last year.

Enter to win a pair of tickets to the Pasadena festival taking place on August 27 & 28, and featuring The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, and many more.

Beach House 2021
Get a taste of the duo’s soundtrack in the two teasers shared ahead of the film’s release this Friday.

It’s Blanco second collaborative single of the year following “Family Ties” with Michael Stipe.

Beach Bunny
It’s the third single from their forthcoming sophomore album Emotional Creature, out July 22.

The single comes with an Alaska-directed video featuring some steamy scenes with a robot.

Events throughout June at The O2 in London will bring together artists and climate experts to discuss global change.

How Do You Burn? is out September 9 on Royal Cream/BMG.

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Shaun Fleming recalls how a house party fire, middle school bullies, family trauma, and lost friends shaped their most personal album to date.

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.