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

Following last month’s release of Parallel Realms, the indietronica stalwarts present a mix of their recent favorite dance tracks.

Fronted by Palestinian-American vocalist Maha Shami, and rounded out by members of Majority Rule and Haram, the project’s third LP is out now via Iodine Recordings.

Ahead of the May 24 release of his new LP Terra Incognita, Collin Desha will hit the road alongside Ra Ra Riot and Meltt.

The Cincinnati-based art-rock quartet’s new Ribbon EP will arrive in full on April 12.

Ahead of his new album What’s for Breakfast?, the LA-based indie-pop figure answers a more pressing question for us: Where can I get a good country-fried steak near me?

The album-length collaboration between the Japanese modern-classical composer and the Australian ambient artist arrives May 31 via Temporary Residence Ltd.

The LA group recreates the opening sequence from Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation in the video for the first single from the LP out April 19 via Loma Vista.

Former THICK drummer Shari Page reminds us not to fear power chords on the new garage-punk tune.

The digital edition featuring remixes from the likes of Dan the Automator and MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden arrives April 5, followed by a new vinyl pressing out May 17.

The Austin dream-pop collective’s third album Sugarcoat is out May 3 via Kanine Records.

It’s the first single from Jackson Katz’s newly announced Pure Gluttony LP, which arrives May 10 via Danger Collective.

Ahead of Mirror, Reflect’s May 10 release via Winspear, Amy Oelsner shares a playful duet with Glenn Myers as the project’s lead single.

Auxiliary Foxing member Austin McCutchen’s new project will release their debut EP Small Favor on April 19.

The ambient Americana duo’s Dan Auerbach–produced record Sonido Cósmico arrives June 14 via Easy Eye Sound.

From new wave of British heavy metal bands to Nile Rodgers, the Philly-based garage rockers play some of their own favorites that inspired their new record. Besides Thin Lizzy.

Dave DiAngelis’ latest collection of songs, A public place, lands April 12 via Mtn Laurel Recording Co.

Valerie Caputo’s new collection of digital-age techno lands May 17 via Music Website.

The Philly slowcore group’s second album titled (deep breath) The Iliad and The Odyssey and The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (exhale) arrives April 25 via Count Your Lucky Stars.

Bullhead, Austin Feinstein’s first album under the moniker as a solo artist, is out now via Danger Collective.

His new album Lurlene is out April 11.