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

Blawan, SickElixir
A dense, monolithic collection, the English DJ’s true speaker-blower of a second album sits somewhere between industrial techno, post-dubstep, and IDM.

Snõõper, Worldwide
The Nashville punks’ second album is less sonically gritty than previous projects, but has an added intensity largely stemming from an expanded studio band and sleeker production.

Neko Case, Neon Grey Midnight Green
Arriving after her longest gap between solo records, Case’s eighth LP is heavy with atmospheric details and new perspective; it wonders yet never wanders.
Margaret Farrell

It’s the second single from the Arkansas rapper this year, following “Me First.”

Madeline Link’s sophomore album Crispy Crunchy Nothing is out March 31 via Fire Talk.

Nymph_o, the extended version of Shygirl’s debut album, arrives April 14.

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.