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

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.

The Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.
Margaret Farrell

Alex Perry Ross reunited with Bully to direct the video for the first single from Lucky for You.

The duo’s collaborative album of the same name is out Friday.

Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Karol G, ODESZA, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER will also headline the Chicago festival returning to Grant Park the weekend of August 3.

Susannah Cutler discusses the latest single from her sophomore album We Know the Sky that’s out March 24.

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.