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

Kali Uchis, Sincerely,
Moving from the synth-dembow-pop of last year’s Orquídeas to dreamy neo-soul, her fifth album sees Uchis adapt the tripling axis of joy, pain, and existential dilemma into cloudy song.

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Naturally [20th Anniversary Edition]
This 2005 modern classic of soul revivalism pulled itself up from the bootstraps of the group’s debut with a respect for nuance to match its need for pulsating grooviness.

PinkPantheress, Fancy That
The UK artist’s second mixtape features an EP’s brevity and an album’s worth of heft, all built upon breathless, sample-heavy instrumentals that form an unlikely sense of cohesion.
Margaret Farrell

It’s the first single from “You Belong There,” which is out April 8 via Warp.

The track arrives as a part of Sylvan Esso’s Psychic Hotline singles series.

It’s the newest visual from her mixtape “CAPRISONGS.”

The rework comes in the wake of Arca’s “kick” album series.

It’s the second single from the “Song Exploder” creator’s forthcoming EP.

That group chat includes bandmate Chris Stein and artist Rob Roth.

It’s the second single from “Classic Objects,” her first album for 4AD that’s out March 11.

Select dates feature Built to Spill, Descendents, Jawbox, Face to Face, Best Coast, Team Dresch, and The Linda Lindas.

The rapper’s newly announced debut studio album “Frank” arrives March 11 via Lex Records.

The new single follows last year’s album “Wink.”

Angel Olsen
The cover and the original are available as a vinyl 7-inch via Light in the Attic.

The forthcoming album, out February 25, features Killer Mike, India.Arie, Q-Tip, Jennifer Hudson, and more.

The track serves as the lead single from her debut album “Pure Chaos,” which was co-produced by illuminati hotties’ Sarah Tudzin.

The video comes from Sam Brown, the directer of 2010’s “Rolling in the Deep” visual.

It’s the lead single from “Warm Chris,” the newly announced follow-up to 2019’s “Designer,” that’s out March 25 via 4AD.

It’s the fourth single from her upcoming album “Laurel Hell,” out February 4.

The track announces their third album “Skinty Fia,” which is out April 22.

The follow-up to 2019’s “The Lost Boy” is out this Friday, January 14.

The Tennessee festival is scheduled for June 16-19.

Dan Bejar’s newly announced album “LABYRINTHITIS” is out March 25 on Merge.