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

Rebecca Black, Salvation
An intoxicating blend of Y2K aesthetics and bubblegum pop, Black’s second album is a celebration of her musical evolution from internet laughing stock to hyperpop powerhouse.

Hamilton Leithauser, This Side of the Island
The Walkmen vocalist finds an exquisite balance of raspy, lounge-lizard crooning and angsty art-rocking on a solo album full of distressed lyricism and black humor.

Lady Gaga, Mayhem
The pop star’s latest album is chaotic by design, blending elements from across her career to craft something you can dance to, swoon with, and don black eyeshadow for.
Mike LeSuer

The Albuquerque group embraces ’80s stadium pop and glam metal on the track, while its visual pays homage to the 1987 film Broadcast News.

Soccer Mommy
Presented by Ground Control Touring and Noise for Now, the event will take place January 20 in LA, NYC, Chicago, Nashville, and Philly.

Wrapping up after its third season this past fall, the HBO docuseries provided an odd source of comfort in the post-pandemic world.

Chaos Takes the Wheel and I Am a Passenger, the second LP from the San Jose punks, is out now via Tiny Engines.

With their new LP dropping next week via Track Number Records, Andy Schiaffino shares a handful of shoegaze tones and ambient textures that steered their own songs’ direction.

The latest release from the Toronto folk-rock collective lands February 23 via Orindal Records in the US and Gold Day Recordings in the UK.

crawl__space, spark__space, and shine__space are all out now via Epitaph Records.

The Angeleno-by-way-of-Singaporean musician’s latest release is out today via Nettwerk.

The Underachievers emcee will be teaming up with the Nepalese lo-fi producer for a full-length collaboration in 2024.

The new music project from Curtis Everett Pawley, one half of cult film podcast The Ion Pack, releases its debut EP I Would Do Anything for Love tomorrow.

The track will appear on Shimmy-Disc’s forthcoming ALIVE in NEW YORK CITY LP featuring a full live performance recorded by Kramer in addition to a new set of demos.

The track marks Jamie Sierota’s first new track since releasing his debut album Do Ya? earlier this year.

Bartees Strange collaborator Eliza Vera’s sophomore EP Welcome to the Club lands January 18 via Tone Tree.

The Canadian rockers share 10 songs that got them through their respective heartbreaks which happened to coincide with the release of their latest LP, Blame My Ex, in September.

The Oslo-based project’s latest EP Tøyen, ‘13 will be arriving in February via Sound as Language, with their collected EPs packaged together through Tiny Engines.

The Nashville-based songwriter announces that her new LP Escape Artist will arrive February 16.

An EP of the same name arrives today featuring two unreleased tracks as well as remixes by Mr Twin Sister and Brutus VIII.

Arriving with a video shot on Hi8 cassette, the track lands ahead of the Boston ethereal-wave trio’s sophomore record, Playground.

Angel Diaz takes us track by track through her latest release, which features contributions from Ethel Cain, Midwife, and SRSQ.

The cover lands ahead of the forthcoming compilation Moping in Style: A Tribute to Adam Green, which arrives December 1 via Org Music and Capitane Records.