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

Gloin, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry)
On their second album, the Toronto band taps into the fury of their post-punk forebears with a polished set of psychological insights that feel angry in all the right ways.

Great Grandpa, Patience, Moonbeam
An experiment in more collaborative songwriting, the band’s highly ambitious first album in over five years truly shines when all of its layered ideas are given proper room to breathe.

Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt, Loose Talk
This ghostly collaborative album with spoken-word artist Barratt finds the Roxy Music leader digging his own crates for old demos and warped melodies that went unused until now.
Matt Wallock

Brooklyn-based songwriter Beck Zegans shares the second single off her forthcoming record Squid Ink Sky, due June 9.

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With the lead single from Leisure, the Chicago psych-pop outfit crafts music that lives up to the hazy promise of their band name.

A staple of the NYC-based songwriter’s live set is finally getting a proper release ahead of Jesse Moldovsky’s Sleeping in the Garden EP.

The self-described “glo-fi” duo’s new music video takes cues from Wes Anderson and Napoleon Dynamite.

The SLC-based band’s debut single is a sunny love song about sharing everything from Oreos to The Sopranos.

The LA-based indie-pop songwriter debuts a tender but confident coming-of-age bop ahead of her Marginalia EP.

The London duo share the second single off their forthcoming LP, Infinite Falling Ground.

Colatura’s Meredith Lampe announces her debut solo EP Quitting Season with a softly exhilarating single.

The latest single from Jones feels like a knowing hug from across the world.

The LA indie rocker wants you to march—and mosh—to the battle anthem and title track of her forthcoming album.

The Brooklyn-based songwriter shares the title track from her forthcoming Nate Amos-produced project.

The indie rock trio shares the intimate title track of their forthcoming debut album.

The Born Losers signee previews her forthcoming EP with more sepia-tone sunshine pop.

The LA-based songwriter announces her third album with a song dedicated to two national treasures: Cher and Nicolas Cage.

The Toronto band celebrates the release of their new EP with a Grease-inspired visual.

Chicago dream-pop purveyor Claudia Ferme shares the second single off her debut album a lot’s gonna change, due August 12.

The Chicago band teases their debut album with a fiery, full-throated single about romantic disappointment.

The Los Angeles musician shares a new self-directed visual ahead of his sophomore album Option Explore.

Fuzzed-out guitars and wiry synths punch up this Buffy the Vampire Slayer–inspired love song from the LA-based musician.

The Nashville-based poet and musician returns with a pair of singles off her forthcoming album due June 17 via Dear Life Records.