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

Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend
The pop star embraces the risqué and ribald double (or triple) entendre on her latest record while sticking to the success-filled formula of last summer’s breakout LP.

Slow Crush, Thirst
The Belgian shoegazers’ noisier and more mature third record takes the form of a hopeful manifesto that the human race still has the opportunity to reinvent itself.

Blood Orange, Essex Honey
Dev Hynes’ guest-filled yet distinctly lonely first album in seven years takes his usual complex arrangements, epic electronica, and intricate melody-making and pushes them into the red.
Sadie Sartini Garner

True Widow / photo by Stephanie Hageman
The Dallas “stonegaze” trio released their latest album “AVVOLGERE” via Relapse last month.

Model/Actriz / photo by Peter Tomka
The Boston threesome bring new meaning to the term “power trio.”

Navy Gangs / photo by Kyla Rae Polanco
From the New York-via-Omaha group’s self-titled EP.

From the band’s latest album, April’s “MAGNETKINGMAGNETQUEEN.”

Four dudes from Minneapolis are ready to step into the spotlight.

The Nashville post-punks share the influences behind their self-titled debut.

Elohim / photo by Chase O’Black
The LA-based electro-pop artist flexes her versatility.

photo by Suzanne Cordeiro
Crack a few Lone Stars and tune in live.

The dude with the world on his shoulders is taking it pretty easy.

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The Oxford, Mississippi singer-songwriter shares the tracks that inspired his new literary new album, “Constant Stranger.”

Dada Distractions, produced by former Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Riley Geare, is out November 18.

The Water Liars singer steps out on his own.

“In Tony’s little factories of misguided pride, entitled greed / Blunt skulled foreman ring their bell, parading with their fear to sell.”

Trails and Ways / photo by Ginger Fierstein
The Oakland duo will release their new LP, Own It, on October 7.

Living / photo by Simen Peder Aksnes Aarli
The Brazilian-cum-Bergenser returns with a new single ahead of an October EP.

Plus Bird will be donating a portion of his ticket sales to Everytown for Gun Safety.

Black Marble / photo by Joseph Jagos
Imagine finding a synthy cassette on the hot dash of an old Pontiac.

Fresh Snow / photo by Gwendolyn Giovanni
From their new album, “ONE.”

Slow Mass / credit unknown
You get hardcore to wake you up and you get experimentation to keep you engaged.

Nick Waterhouse
“Never Twice” is out September 30 via Innovative Leisure.