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
  Florence + the Machine, Everybody Scream
After recent big swings across the pop plate, Florence Welch’s gothic sixth album gets cerebral and probing as the songwriter proves herself to be more in touch with her emotions.
  Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo, In the Earth Again
Destruction and decay may be the themes explored by the unlikely collaboration of a noise-rock band and a folk guitarist, but instrumentally, they make it sound beautiful, lush, and gentle.
  Soft Cell, The Art of Falling Apart [Super Deluxe Edition]
This six-disc collection expands upon the aggression, industrialism, and pernicious lyrics of the duo’s 1983 LP—a revenge, of sorts, on becoming pin-up darlings of the British new wave.
Margaret Farrell
  It’s the duo’s first release since 2020’s Songs for the General Public.
  The mini performance features cuts from her latest album Crash and other fan favorites like “Vroom Vroom.”
  This Is Why, the band’s sixth album, is out February 10.
  Ben Gibbard will be doing double duty on a string of dates celebrating 20 years of Give Up and Transatlanticism.
  Her sophomore album RAVEN is out February 10 via Warp.
  Her ninth studio album is out March 10 via Interscope.
  The single from the group’s recent LP Blue Rev gets a visual treatment from Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone.
  Kicking off in May, their tour includes 27 dates across North America.
  The new single comes with the reveal that she’s signed to Partisan Records.
  The arts collective formed by Kristin Hayter and Campol will also be giving Lingua Ignota’s debut Let the Evil of His Own Lips Cover Him> its first vinyl release.
  Both tracks are from her forthcoming sophomore album Honey that’s out January 23.
  The Linda Lindas, Phoebe Bridgers, Remi Wolf, Tkay Maidza, Future Islands, Kurt Vile, David Byrne, and more give us songs to laugh and cry to this holiday season.
  “I had a best friend, but she has come to pass. One I wish I could see now. You always remind me that memories will last.”
  The tribute project is available on streaming platforms for the first time with 18 bonus tracks.
  It’s the second single of the year from the Noirwave musician following last month’s “Numbers.”
  The remixes are part of the forthcoming deluxe version of PAINLESS that’s out December 14 via ATO Records.
  Back and peachier than ever.
  Kendrick Lamar
Other draws include Halsey, FKA twigs, Pet Shop Boys, St. Vincent, The Moldy Peaches, Calvin Harris, Le Tigre, and Death Grips.
  The new track featuring the dancehall music living legend is the third single from the rapper’s forthcoming album Beware of the Monkey.
  Arriving this Friday, The Perfect Vision: Reworkings also features remixes by Jim Jarmusch, Lucrecia Dalt, Laraaji, and more.
