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

Alison Goldfrapp, The Love Invention
The Goldfrapp vocalist is bound for the dancefloor on her debut solo outing.

AJJ, Disposable Everything
The Phoenix folk-punks’ eighth LP feels more post-/mid-apocalyptic than foreshadowing of it while maintaining the band’s wonderful mix of pathos and humor.

Tinariwen, Amatssou
On their ninth album, the Malian outfit moves further through their exploratory desert-blues aesthetic by interlocking their groove with the sounds of American country music.
Matt Mitchell

Leon Michels details how Richard Swift lives on through Electrophonic Chronic, the blues-rock supergroup’s first record in nearly a decade.

Catching up with the Velvet Underground icon ahead of his collaborative new solo album Mercy.

The alt-country quintet’s sophomore record Hold the Door for Strangers arrives January 13.

Austin Getz reflects on the band’s decade-long career and how it led them to their disco-informed new LP, Myself in the Way.

The debut single from the self-proclaimed “songwriter-on-assignment” is a pop kaleidoscope with energized poise.

The digital collection includes performances by Tom Waits, R.E.M., Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and many more.

The punk icon’s first solo single of 2022 features contributions from Duff McKagan, Chad Smith, and Andrew Watt.

The song originally appeared on Sophie Allison’s album Sometimes, Forever released back in June.

The visual features cameos from Alexander 23, Rebecca Black, Bad Suns’ Gavin Bennett, Uffie, and others.

The song originally appeared on Florence Welch and company’s 2022 album Dance Fever.

In our latest digital cover story, Alex Turner discusses how the band’s trajectory over the past two decades has led them to their seventh LP The Car, the group’s most collaborative and unrestrained effort yet.

The Canadian rocker reflects on the album that made him a household name.

The band’s seventh LP Time’s Arrow arrives January 20 on Cooking Vinyl.

The single came together for the season finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Headlined by songs from David Byrne and Devo, R.E.M., Tegan and Sara, Soccer Mommy, Sleater-Kinney, Pearl Jam, Maya Hawke, and Fleet Foxes, the release is raising funds for nationwide abortion access and independent abortion clinics.

The new track will be featured in Noah Baumbach’s upcoming film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s White Noise.

The English rockers will perform the second single from their forthcoming LP The Car on The Tonight Show this evening.

The actor and songwriter’s third album arrives November 4 on Sacred Bones.

The band’s long-awaited sixth album of the same name is set to follow on February 10 via Atlantic Records.

Electronic composer The Angel collaborates with the legendary rapper on a reworked track from her 1999 EP Give Me Your Love.

The Brooklyn synth-pop trio are embarking on a world tour later this year.

The songwriter’s sophomore album is set to arrive on January 27 via Grand Jury.

The latest track from the Canadian duo’s 11th studio album Crybaby was inspired by Dehd and New Order.

The exhibition will coincide with the band’s four sold-out concerts in Brooklyn.

With the album out now via Sacred Bones, Luis Vasquez shares the emotions that catalyzed all 11 tracks.

One of the Netflix sensation’s most infamous landmarks can now be yours.

The Charlatans’ singer-songwriter breaks down all 22 tracks on his sixth solo record.

The LA-based folk singer is also heading out on the road this fall with Field Medic.

The dream pop band also releases cheeky ode to reply guys with new song “Very Online Guy”

Before taking the stage in San Diego this weekend, the French pop sextet share a dozen songs to help you get amped for the festival

Wet Leg
The Isle of Wight duo also announced four headlining dates in New York in December.

The Swedish quartet’s debut EP is due out in February 2023

The band’s twelfth album, ATUM, arrives in three parts over the next six months

The band is currently in the midst of their first US tour.

The prolific composer’s remastered solo debut Meaningless arrives October 21.

Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich discuss the “no-rules situation” their experimental third LP was born within.

The track from Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer precedes his sophomore album, Second Life.

In our latest digital cover story, we catch up with the Irish post-punk quintet before their upcoming US tour dates, including Primavera Sound in Los Angeles.

Along with sharing a video for “Sweet Tooth,” the second single ahead of her sophomore record Moss, the NYC polymath discusses how she’s been navigating her mid-20s in pandemic America.

A personal glimpse at how the songwriter’s 2012 art-pop record has emerged as a self-acceptance anthem 10 years down the road.

With their debut LP Versions of Modern Performance out now, the band shares how the intersection of art and music has galvanized them.

For the anniversary of the blues-rock duo’s debut record, we chatted with Patrick Carney about living up to the album’s title.

We talked to Philly’s Constant Hitmaker about working at his new recording studio, his love for The Boss, and more.

The Detroit-based songwriter shares her debut solo single, which was produced by Hala’s Ian Ruhala.

“Laurel Hell” is a perfect blend of angsty, pre-2018 Mitski and the disco-leaning, stadium-shaking new self she touted four years ago.

The Master of Horror talks soundtracking the latest installment of the horror franchise he launched over 40 years ago.

The Brooklyn native discusses looking back on his shape-shifting discography and looking forward to a future full of subscription platform options for artists.

The Broken Social Scene co-founder discusses his new instrumental album as K.D.A.P.

The Brooklyn duo’s second LP is a well-intentioned, slow-burn rumination on the gripes of American social and economical plight.