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

Princess Nokia, Girls
With her fourth album of punky and provocative raps, the Nuyorican artist is once again reimagining hip-hop as a dangerous place to be.

Blawan, SickElixir
A dense, monolithic collection, the English DJ’s true speaker-blower of a second album sits somewhere between industrial techno, post-dubstep, and IDM.

Snõõper, Worldwide
The Nashville punks’ second album is less sonically gritty than previous projects, but has an added intensity largely stemming from an expanded studio band and sleeker production.
Margaret Farrell

The Zambia-born artist shares how a return home inspired her powerful sophomore LP As Above, So Below.

“The song feels as if it’s the love child of Pharrell Williams and The Neptunes as much as Jack White.”

“Please TRUST the bangers are on the way. but first: how’s your heart?”

News of the Asheville-based group’s signing to the indie giant arrives with a video for the nearly nine-minute single.

The smart-mouthed junk food team returns with a feature film on November 8.

The set features a new album mix, a 100-page book with a foreword written by Paul McCartney, an essay by Questlove, detailed track notes, and other goodies.

Their show High School, which is based on the duo’s bestselling memoir, debuts next month.

It’s the second single from his forthcoming album FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, out October 14.

Her sophomore album Protector is out October 28 via Partisan.

It’s the third single from the group’s forthcoming album Doggerel that’s out September 30.

It’s the first song and video from her forthcoming album Fossora>.

Kendrick Lamar
The track appears on Lamar’s recent album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.

The follow-up to 2016’s Hedonism is out October 28 via Young Art Records.

The project follows last year’s singles “Black Stone” and “Blue Liquid.”

Cracker Island is out February 24 via Warner Records.

The new album is out September 30.

The New Orleans punks’ third album Endure is out November 4 via Rough Trade.

The popstar’s fifth studio album Dirt Femme is out October 14.

Dawn Richard
They’ve shared the first movement from the album that’s out October 21 via Merge.

Their forthcoming album The Car is out October 21.