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

Madeline Kenney, Kiss From the Balcony
Defined by its air thick with hopeful yearning, the Oakland-based songwriter continues to find comfort in doing things on her own with her fifth album.

Sly & the Family Stone, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967
This unearthed 1967 live gig from Redwood City, California features raw, soulful R&B covers recorded with a roomful of memorable voices that audiences would soon grow to love.

Alex G, Headlights
Alex Giannascoli’s major-label debut earnestly embraces dated musical tropes only to turn them on their heads as they soundtrack explosions of messy emotional honesty.
Margaret Farrell

It’s Lætitia Tamko’s first new music since 2019’s self-titled LP.

It’s the third single from their forthcoming album This Is Why that’s out February 10.

Hot on the heels of the Roots emcee’s project with Danger Mouse, Glorious Game is out April 14 via Big Crown Records.

SZA
The video pays homage to the Tarantino film from which the song takes its name.

It’s the third single from Kyle Thomas’ upcoming release Smalltown Stardust, out January 27 via Sub Pop.

Pussy Riot
Taking place at LA’s Jeffrey Deitch Gallery from January 27 to February 3, the video project was directed, edited, and scored by Nadya Tolokonnikova.

Kendrick Lamar
The music and arts festival will take place the weekend of June 15 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Bless This Mess, the latest LP from Meg Remy, is out February 24 via 4AD.

Migos’ Takeoff was murdered back in November.

It’s the third single from Katherine Paul’s forthcoming album The Land, the Water, the Sky, out February 10 via Saddle Creek.

Every Acre arrives January 27 via Merge Records.

Her new album PRIZE is out January 13 via Memphis Industries.

His first project since 2019’s Here Comes the Cowboy is out January 20.

The DC-based songwriter looks back on 2022 and the impact of his third solo LP, Cometa.

The power-pop revivalists’ fourth album Asking for a Ride arrives January 27 via Elektra Entertainment.

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.