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

Aminé, 13 Months of Sunshine
The emcee’s third solo album blends house, hip-hop, and the East African sun to give listeners a deeply personal look at the journeyman rapper’s Eritrean-Ethiopian heritage.

Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Their first new album in fifteen years spins on an axis of subtly infectious refrains and gently askew rhythms—it’s avant-garde art-pop as something radically old yet experimentally new.

Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.
Margaret Farrell

Following their self-titled EP in 2018, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus will release the record on March 31 via Interscope.

Rat Saw God is out April 7 via Dead Oceans.

Their debut album Dogsbody is out February 24 via True Panther.

Desire Pathway is out February 17 via Don Giovanni.

It’s the first music from the Manchester-based quartet since their 2021 EP.

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Out March 10, the record features collaborations with Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, and Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT will perform their 2008 debut album Oracular Spectacular in full at the Pasadena-based fest on May 13.

Lizzo
Other highlights include Lil Uzi Vert, HAIM, girl in red, Rina Sawayama, and Snail Mail.

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.