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.
Max Freedman

After closing their Brooklyn hub, the concert and visual arts series lives on as a pop-up event.

Omni
Frankie Broyles and Philip Frobos talk about the “Networker” single and its “Top of The Pops”–recalling video.

courtesy of Subliminal Projects
To honor New Deal Skateboards’ legacy, the skating icon is turning to longtime friends, new followers, and one especially legendary street artist.

In inviting collaborators to the table, Hval has crafted her most evocative and pop-structured record to date.

Ringel doesn’t just partner brands with artists—he unites household names with shared values.

photo by Molly Adams
Sergent believes that anyone should be able to find live music anywhere, anytime.

On “Animated Violence Mild,” Benjamin John Power praises drag and laments consumerism.

In contemplating multiple recent losses in her life, Erin Birgy tightens her grip on the bizarre.

The Los Angeles–based musician’s fourth album confronts humanity’s bleak future head-on.

In cutting herself off from society to study woodworking, Le Bon accidentally wrote her most direct songs to date.

Seven albums in, Pile is finally Rick Maguire’s only gig. He never quite expected to make the leap.

Although her self-titled record is her solo debut, she’s contributed to the works of countless others—and her prowess is apparent.

Even though her band’s music presents immense insight into society’s ills, Clementine is still getting to know herself. And that’s OK.

Daughter’s frontperson, already beloved for her bravely desolate lyrics, launched a new solo project—Ex:Re—to provide her most devastating songs yet. But she’s far from lonesome.

Given the ethos behind their band, surprise releasing a killer record wasn’t much of a surprise for Sarah Midori Perry, Gus Lobban, and Jamie Bulled.

Even with members scattered across different cities and schools, Forth Wanderers just keeps getting tighter.

photo by Kim Hiorthøy
The Welsh producer first made waves working with Daniel Avery and Jenny Hval. Now it’s her turn.

The Swedish artist explores the relationship between time, location, and emotion—all on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

photo by Rebecca Storm
The Montreal producer and singer shows a new face on “Field of Love.”