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.
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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
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FKA twigs, Eusexua
The visionary artist’s third album embraces rave culture for all of its angels and demons, though the ego-defying journey may be riddled with moments of internal conflict that rupture its matrix.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010
Ahead of their reunion tour, the cult indie-pop band resurrects lost classics from the bittersweet era of nostalgia that encircled their eponymous 2009 debut.
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Paul Robeson, Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings
This 14-CD collection remastering the legendary bass-baritone vocalist, stentorian actor, and civil rights advocate’s work is a crucial cultural tome of both spiritual and earthly sensuality.
Mike LeSuer
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The Seattle-based songwriter’s new collection of dream-pop compositions officially drops tomorrow via Bright Antenna Records.
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The track’s visual also creates a 3D world—or rather borrows one from Nintendo.
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American Football/Joan of Arc multi-instrumentalist Nate Kinsella’s first LP under the moniker in eight years is out now via Polyvinyl.
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Phoenix
The ’00s indie nostalgia fest will return to Pasadena for its fourth year on May 18.
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It’s the title track from the dream-pop duo’s second LP, which arrives this Friday via Graveface.
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The dance-punks recently returned over a decade after their last album to announce their Rick Rubin–produced sixth LP of the same name.
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The San Diego rockers will be bringing the track to their hometown stage tomorrow night at the Soda Bar.
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It’s the title track from the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s new album, which arrives tomorrow via Thirty Tigers.
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The Wire frontman’s reissue of his 1997 LP with his wife and musical partner Malka Spigel, Bastard, arrives next Friday.
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The Brooklyn alt-dance group officially announce their new album Head Body Connector will be out February 23 via Northern Spy.
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The Manchester outfit announce that their debut album Teething will arrive April 26 on Play It Again Sam Records.
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The LA-based harpist and composer’s first full-length is out now via Fat Possum.
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Arriving as their European tour kicks off, the single marks the Swedish garage-punks’ first release through PNKSLM Recordings.
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The masked electronic musician also announces their debut album ABOMINATION, which arrives April 12 via Heavenly Recordings.
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Produced by Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, the Minneapolis shoegazers’ new record will arrive February 16 via New Morality Zine.
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The latest single from Jessi Zazu’s posthumous release with bandmate Linwood Regensburg could very well be the first track to feature both 12-string guitar and propane tank.
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The electronic duo’s new album Mother Engine arrives February 9 via Dots Per Inch.
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The buzzy South Londoners share their second single since signing to Domino last year.
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Justin Pearson’s synthpunk outfit will release their second LP Fiction Prediction on February 9 via Three One G Records.
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The year’s most discourse-worthy records, according to our Senior Editor.