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

Glixen, Quiet Pleasures
Compelling yet uneven, the strongest compositions on the Phoenix shoegazers’ sophomore EP are often also the most experimental.

Anxious, Bambi
Calling back to the “big swing” pop-punk records from the turn of the millennium, the Connecticut band’s sophomore release is emotionally intelligent and impressively fine-tuned.

Patterson Hood, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
The Drive-By Truckers frontman’s first solo album in over a decade both softens and complicates the alt-country band’s barroom-rock formula, distinguishing itself to mixed results.
Margaret Farrell

The Love Invention is out May 12 via Skint/BMG.

The single announces the Go-Go’s vocalist’s new EP Kismet that’s out May 12.

The group will debut new songs with a 41-piece orchestra across North America, Europe, and the UK later this year.

It’s the first glimpse of new music from twigs since last summer’s one-off single “Killer.”

This is the second single from the collaborators following last month’s “Pay It No Mind”—both of which will feature on the record that’s out March 31.

The duo’s latest album Everything Harmony is out May 5 via Captured Tracks.

Her new album Through and Through is out April 28 via Secretly.

It’s the second single and title track from Rose’s forthcoming album that’s out April 21 via New West.

Her Sub Pop debut GOOD LUCK is out March 24.

The group are going on tour with Death Cab for Cutie, Alex G, and Weezer this year.

The second single from My Soft Machine features production assistance from Brockhampton’s Romil Hemnani and Carter Lang.

It’s the Jagjaguwar signee’s first release of the year.

SPEED RUN, the hyperpop duo’s first release for True Panther, is out April 14.

Other notable acts include Ela Minus, Zeds Dead, Caribou, and Uniiqu3 for the fest taking place Memorial Day weekend.

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.