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

Damien Jurado, Reggae Film Star
The songwriter’s 18th LP is a haunted concept album that brings to life the tired hearts, souls, and minds of characters based in a distant, perhaps parallel, past.

Martin Courtney, Magic Sign
The Real Estate vocalist’s second solo LP can coast by in one moment before jolting you back to bygone days with a sharp turn of phrase or instrumental U-turn.

Wire, Not About to Die
For Wire fanatics, this often-coarse collection of Chairs Missing/154-era demos is a necessity.
Mike LeSuer

The prolific (to put it mildly) rockers’ second album of 2022, Tremblers and Goggles by Rank, arrives July 1.

The ex-Priests vocalist’s own debut collection of unhinged sounds, Barbarism, is out now.

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Madeline Link’s stripped-back EP WOAH arrives July 8 via Fire Talk.

With their dystopian sci-fi opus Excess out now, the trio shares 10 tracks that match its energy.

A Foul Form, the shapeshifting band’s latest foray into lo-fi punk, arrives August 12 via Castle Face.

From Code Orange to Mac Miller, vocalist Sam Treber names 10 fellow Steel City acts that inspire the band ahead of their new album Every Moment of Every Day.

Bauer’s new LP Flowers is set for release on September 23 via his own label Fortune Tellers Music.

The vaporwave trio’s latest collection of songs drops July 31 via—where else—100% Electronica.

All funds from the 37-track Bandcamp-only collection benefit The Trevor Project.

The track arrives ahead of the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s buzzing album Space Ghost, out July 8 via Lame-O.

The Winnipeg-based dream pop group’s Jay Som co-produced third album Someday Is Today arrives September 2 via Kanine Records.

Chris Adams walks us through a selection of tracks that helped shape his recent shapeshifting LP.

Her sophomore album How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater is out July 22 via Nettwerk.

The Tristan Jemsek–led project will release their latest album Believe This Rain at the end of the summer.

The LA-based rapper talks how growing up in Abilene shaped his debut album with Polyvinyl Records.

The groundbreaking dream-pop vocalist passed away yesterday aged 65.

In addition to releasing the 7-inch, Jack Black and Kyle Gass are also launching a line of fiber bars.

Carl Shane’s noise-rock project’s first release with a new lineup will arrive August 5 via Exploding in Sound.

Ahead of the record’s September 9 release via Fire Records, Nicole Schneit reveals a video for a new track.

Channy Leaneagh breaks down each track on the Minneapolis collective’s experimental new LP, out now via Memphis Industries.

The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.

The West Coast punks’ new album Halfway to Eighty is out June 24 via Innovative Leisure.

The atmospheric Irish rockers’ new album arrives this week via Partisan Records.

The Panopoulos brothers’ first release since 2018’s God of the Wild officially drops tomorrow via Entheon Records.

The single arrives ahead of the avant-synthpop artist’s seventh album Moonrising, out July 8.

Mike Park compiles 19 songs he had on repeat while the ska supergroup’s latest release came together.

The Ava Luna songwriter’s debut solo album—co-produced with Nick Hakim and Tony Seltzer—arrives July 1.

Hand-picked to open a string of dates across the U.S. this summer, emcee kdeath shares how a decade-plus of grinding continues to lead to invigorating opportunities.

The Philly punks’ album officially drops this Wednesday via Topshelf Records.

With their debut album Deep in View dropping this Friday, the Ought offshoot shares 10 tracks that best exemplify a pristine guitar sound.

Melt Away, arriving July 22, will see M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel regrouping for the first time in six years.

Blue Broderick’s new LP Four Wheels and the Truth arrives June 10 via Lauren Records.

The LA-based songwriter’s EP of the same name will arrive August 26 via FADER Label.

The LA post-punk group comprised of members of Fury and Death Bells debuts a new track which officially drops tomorrow via Suicide Squeeze.

“In the Dark” arrives ahead of the new collaborative record from producer Nyles Miszcyzk, which arrives July 15 on We Are Time.

With their latest record Love Gibberish composed on the farm where the band originated, the Chicago rockers accrue 14 songs to soundtrack their next trip to the countryside.

The Usher-inspired single is out now via Grind Select.

The Louisiana-reared rapper and guitarist shares a playlist of 10 tracks he would’ve liked to include on his new EP Riverhouse.

The disco-infused single is the first taste of the rapper’s new LP Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, which arrives this Friday.

Grand Kid, the debut EP from Bartees Strange’s guitarist, arrives May 27.

Nic Offer details the ideas behind each track on the dance experimentalists’ ninth album, out now via Warp.

The hardcore mainstays’ latest LP is out today via UNFD.

The Bon Iver drummer’s latest solo release is out now via Jagjaguwar.

The Teenage Halloween keyboardist’s first solo release will arrive June 3 on Lauren Records.

The single arrives ahead of the Flaming Lips percussionists’ debut album Joy City, out May 2 on Graveface.

The heavily psychedelic alt-rap project’s debut album Casual Abductions is out now via POW Recordings.

The trio featuring members of Ovlov and Palehound will release the album on June 17 via Exploding in Sound.

The latest track from the Seattle-based group’s label debut New to You arrives with a video.

The grungy Bloomington group’s sophomore album arrives this Friday via Darling Recordings.

The bad-trip visual arrives in the wake of the garage rockers’ recent album Esoteric Hex.

The Chicago-based rapper and producer break down each track on their new album, out now via Closed Sessions.

The single lands ahead of the group’s new Marina Abramović–featuring album Emerald Sea, out June 17 on Joyful Noise.

The 16-and-a-half-minute epic arrives ahead of A Murmur, Boundless To The East, out June 10 via Mothland.

A slo-mo video for the track arrives ahead of the Australian songwriter’s new album ALTAR.

The latest from Zen Zsigo’s ambient project is a visceral examination of the confused mental state between sleep and consciousness.

Trevor Reilly and Nuno Pereira walk us through the East Coast punks’ latest LP track by track.

With his tour alongside Ho99o9 kicking off this Friday, the LA-via-Tucson artist continues to tease his new album slated for an April 29 release.

From Sly & the Family Stone to Thin Lizzy (and back to Sly & the Family Stone), the songwriter shares a playlist of tracks that influenced their latest record.

The Barcelona-based songwriter’s new album Strange Times Forever arrives June 3 via La Castanya.

The London rockers mash up Bosch with TikTok technology in the visual for their latest Pure Evil single.

The debut LP from Brandon Gallagher’s abrasive solo project arrives next Friday.

After a stint as Soft Plastics, the Vancouver group’s return LP as Frog Eyes arrives April 29.

The record was produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst and features contributions from Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy and Great Grandpa’s Al Menne.

The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.

The collaborative track arrives ahead of Travis Egedy’s art show Ultraviolet Mythology opening in Chicago this weekend.

The Bloomington-based group ready their new LP Bunny for an April 22 release via Exploding in Sound.

Featuring guest verses from Open Mike Eagle, Myka 9, Sunspot Jonz, and many more, the album is out now on Fake Four.

The comedian/musician’s latest project is now through Hardly Art.

The Philly rockers’ sophomore album arrives April 29 via Lame-O Records.

The collaborative single arrives ahead of Ducks’ imminent U.S. tour.

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Along with posting UK dates, the group hints at a follow-up to 2013’s Mosquito.

A video for the track arrives ahead of the London garage rockers’ EP Songs of Love, out this Friday.

The track comes from the Indianapolis rapper’s 2021 LP Cinephile.

With the help of Travis Barker, the industrial rap duo focus their feral energies into a surprisingly cohesive thesis statement.

The Chicago lo-fi rockers’ latest record Sheer will arrive May 13 via Flesh & Bone Records.

The Brooklyn-based group shares a visual for the shamelessly amorous single ahead of their new record Broken Equipment.

The single arrives ahead of the Austin-based group’s debut album of the same name, which arrives April 8 via Keeled Scales.

The Chicago-based songwriter shares a playlist featuring PinkPanthress, Xenia Rubinos, Lala Lala, and more.

Robert Tilden’s bedroom-pop project makes a hard pivot to upbeat psych-funk on his latest record, out this Friday via Park the Van.

The Silver Spring–based songwriter breaks down the McMansions, MAGA chuds, and chiptune bands that informed their latest album.

The Dirty Projectors member shares a new single ahead of the release of her debut solo album next Friday.

The LA-via-NYC dream-pop duo’s new album Take Your Time arrives April 8.

The single arrives ahead of Lucas Nathan’s new LP Free Time and a newly revealed set of tour dates.

With her debut album Strawberry out now, the LA-based songwriter shares a playlist of her go-to public transit listens.

The media darling takes us hour-by-hour through a big press day on the heels of his Death Don’t Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

The Brooklyn post-punk trio linked up with the Nothing frontman ahead of the release of Bambara’s new mini-album.

The rapper-activist’s new LP of the same name arrives April 22 via Ernest Jenning Recording Co.

The Brooklyn-based chillwave pioneers are currently on tour with 100% Electronica labelmate Caroline Loveglow.

This is Oblivion (Lulu Black and Mike Kadnar) photographed by Rose Callahan on March 28, 2021 in Upstate NY.
The experimental metal duo’s self-titled debut arrives May 6 via Silent Pendulum Records.

Future Islands performing at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on 8/21/2014/ Photo by Alix Spence
Duck-walking through the Future Islands frontman’s low-key career as an emcee with features on tracks from artists including Fatlip, Open Mike Eagle, and JPEGMAFIA.

The grunge-rockers’ new album Structural Mercy arrives tomorrow via Slang Church.

Maria Maita-Keppeler’s new collection of songs I Just Want to Be Wild for You arrives tomorrow via Kill Rock Stars.

The Philly-based group announces their new LP Numbers Game with a murky visual.

First launched in 2017 in Detroit, the pop-up opened this week in Downtown LA.

Tristan Shone’s ninth LP of experimental metal is out now via Relapse Records.

Catherine Elicson breaks down the Philly-based experimentalists’ latest album track by track.

The single arrives ahead of Martin’s latest solo endeavor, The Bear, which arrives March 25.

The industrial hip-hop duo’s eighth album arrives April 29 via Ipecac Recordings.

Inspired by Audre Lorde, the new single arrives ahead of Satchel Brown’s LP “Warm Absence” due out April 22.