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

The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.

Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
Mike LeSuer

The Floridian punks share scenes from the Eastern half of their US tour supporting their new LP The Whaler as they head out west this week.

14 tracks that helped Lauren Denitzio, well, trust their gut while writing and recording their fifth LP.

Tabor Rupp’s latest dream-pop collection Coping Habits arrives in full tomorrow.

Lizzie Powell queers Twin Peaks in the video for the seven-minute instrumental jam from their upcoming fifth album Performances.

The piano ballad lands ahead of the Carissa’s Wierd founding member’s new solo record The Last Night of Sadness.

It’s the title track from the duo’s sophomore release, arriving September 29.

The track and visual come paired with an active phone line and a “Suburban Solutions” riesling in collaboration with Osmote Wines.

The London trio continue their experimentation into space-age ambient pop on the latest single from their forthcoming album Afternoon X.

Patrick J. Smith’s returns with yoyo, his first LP in five years, on October 13 via Grind Select.

The songwriter’s third studio album Utopian will arrive November 3 via Antifragile Music.

The Montreal-based vocalist’s fourth album of the same name arrives September 22 via Ensoul Records.

Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, the event will take place in NYC at the corner made famous by the group’s Paul’s Boutique album cover.

Devo
In the midst of their final tour run, the new wave trailblazers will release a box set of hits and rarities on October 20.

The visual debuted over the weekend at a performance in Lisbon.

The remastered LP comes with a handful of B-sides and several full-concert live recordings, including their final set performed in Seattle in 1994.

The LA fourpiece featuring members of Beach Fossils and Cold Beat reveals their new LP A Dog a Deer a Seal will drop November 10 via Get Better Records.

The track will appear on the Liverpool-based songwriter’s newly announced LP In the Midst of You, arriving in January.

Kevin Patrick Sullivan shares how everyone from Bladee to Milli Vanilli helped shape his beat-bolstered new LP.

An animated video for the single arrives ahead of the songwriter’s new LP Tender, which drops September 22 on Lex Records.

In addition to the full EP of the same name from CLAVVS’s Amber Renee and Graham Marsh dropping today, the duo share a video for the title track celebrating the waning days of summer.