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

Madonna, Veronica Electronica
A companion to her 1998 downtempo LP Ray of Light, this collection is a series of fresh, future-forward edits, remixes, and demo tracks meant to expand the vision of the original album.

The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.
Margaret Farrell

It’s the third single from Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume, which arrives March 17 via Warp Records.

Water From Your Eyes at Matador
The follow-up to 2021’s Structure is out May 26 via their new label home of Matador Records.

The Valley of Vision is out March 10 via Loma Vista.

It’s the second single from their forthcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, which arrives April 28 via 4AD.

AW & Molly Neuman Brats
The Oakland fest featuring Le Tigre, Gravy Train!!!!, ESG, and more will take place the weekend of July 1.

We’re getting lucky with 35 minutes of unreleased music on May 12.

I Hope You Can Forgive Me is out May 12.

The duo’s new album So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously is out May 5 via Rhymesayers.

Margaret Sohn discusses how sci-fi texts such as Ex Machina and Donna J. Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto inspired their debut album Follow the Cyborg.

It’s the second single from their forthcoming debut album Past // Present // Future that’s out March 10 on Fueled by Ramen.

photo Jolene Sian
The tour kicks off in April and will run through May.

The single arrives ahead of the band’s upcoming dates supporting White Reaper.

Big Picture is out April 14 via Dead Oceans.

The original version appeared on Samira Winter’s album from last year What Kind of Blue Are You?.

The new single announces her EP BAD PREMONITION that’s out March 17.

It’s the second sample from their forthcoming album Continue as a Guest, which arrives March 31 via Merge.

The supergroup was recently disinvited from performing as the house band for Seattle’s Amazon-associated NHL arena after performing the track.

Alicia Bognanno of BULLY
Alicia Bognanno returns with her first music since 2021’s “Just for Love.”

The single follows the London-based collective’s work with Tirzah last year.

Multitudes is out April 14 via Interscope.