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

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.

Post Animal, Iron
Reuniting with original member Joe Keery, the Chicago-based psych-rock band finds a new direction in the woods of Indiana with their rustic fourth album.

Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food [Super Deluxe Edition]
The band’s first album with Brian Eno is a portrait of two ecosystems learning each other’s ways, with this box set’s exclusive rarities further revealing the collaboration’s inner workings.
Mike LeSuer

Ted Davis shares how the project went from a party moniker to a formal outlet as he walks us through the EP’s four tracks.

The grungy tune appears on the New Yorkers’ new All in My Head EP.

The Toronto-based punk duo “ensure maximum brooding and rumination” on the J.G. Ballard–inspired cut from their forthcoming Pain Behaviour LP.

The Seattle-based songwriter’s new collection of dream-pop compositions officially drops tomorrow via Bright Antenna Records.

The track’s visual also creates a 3D world—or rather borrows one from Nintendo.

American Football/Joan of Arc multi-instrumentalist Nate Kinsella’s first LP under the moniker in eight years is out now via Polyvinyl.

Phoenix
The ’00s indie nostalgia fest will return to Pasadena for its fourth year on May 18.

It’s the title track from the dream-pop duo’s second LP, which arrives this Friday via Graveface.

The dance-punks recently returned over a decade after their last album to announce their Rick Rubin–produced sixth LP of the same name.

The San Diego rockers will be bringing the track to their hometown stage tomorrow night at the Soda Bar.

It’s the title track from the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s new album, which arrives tomorrow via Thirty Tigers.

The Wire frontman’s reissue of his 1997 LP with his wife and musical partner Malka Spigel, Bastard, arrives next Friday.

The Brooklyn alt-dance group officially announce their new album Head Body Connector will be out February 23 via Northern Spy.

The Manchester outfit announce that their debut album Teething will arrive April 26 on Play It Again Sam Records.

The LA-based harpist and composer’s first full-length is out now via Fat Possum.

Arriving as their European tour kicks off, the single marks the Swedish garage-punks’ first release through PNKSLM Recordings.

The masked electronic musician also announces their debut album ABOMINATION, which arrives April 12 via Heavenly Recordings.

Produced by Gleemer’s Corey Coffman, the Minneapolis shoegazers’ new record will arrive February 16 via New Morality Zine.

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.

The electronic duo’s new album Mother Engine arrives February 9 via Dots Per Inch.