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

Mister Romantic, What’s Not to Love?
John C. Reilly’s latest role as a lonely vaudevillian singer of Great American Songbook standards sees him unwrap each melody and lyric without irony or snarky dispatch.

Matmos, Metallic Life Review
Composed entirely from the vibrations of metal objects, the compact experimental duo’s new anticapitalist allegory is as unique a prospect as a fingerprint.

Turnstile, Never Enough
The Baltimore hardcore collective distills and expands the essence of their breakout 2021 LP, leaning into the tension between explosiveness and a resulting uneasy stillness.
Margaret Farrell

It’s the second single off her sophomore album “Any Shape You Take,” out August 27 on Saddle Creek.

Maidza discusses finding inspiration from Kim Possible and Hannah Montana, as well as how “Last Year Was Weird” paved the way for future releases.

Willow Smith finds a zone that highlights her vocals in a vibrant, lighter-fluid-lit glow.

It’s the title track of the singer’s forthcoming EP, out September 2.

“If you got the stamina.”

“Jamie Reimagined” will also feature remixes and covers from artists including Bon Iver, Little Dragon, and Georgia Anne Muldrow.

It’s the latest single from her debut album “Bauhaus, L’Appartamento,” out September 10.

Her new album “Cool” is out September 10 via Hardly Art.

The single arrives ahead of the group’s forthcoming LP “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” out October 29 via Atlantic.

“Shadow Kingdom” documents Dylan’s first performance since the release of his latest album “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”

Vanderslice has also released a rarities collection from his now-closed studio space Tiny Telephone.

The new song follows her February single “Missing Out.”

The single is her first original release since last year’s “color theory.”

It’s the second single off their forthcoming album “Welcome Break,” out October 8 on Heavenly Recordings.

It features their latest single “Jackie.”

The 21+ event taking place October 2 is free with RSVP.

It’s the first new music from the musician since 2019’s “Pang.“

“Safe in My Arms” and “YourLove” follow the Berlin-based producer’s EP “You’ve Got the Whole Night to Go.”

The Chicago outfit’s debut album “Everything” is out August 20 on Fire Talk.

The musician states that she hasn’t been fully paid for “La Linda” since its 2019 release.