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 collaborative new track from Butch Vig’s band features members of Silversun Pickups and Eagles of Death Metal, as well as vocals from Bradley Hanan Carter.

The Philadelphia-based dream-pop group shares another new single ahead of their second album Double Your Relaxation, which arrives May 17 via Tiny Engines.

Recorded as a trio with drummer Luke Titus and bassist Pera Krstajic at LA’s Moroccan Lounge, the full LP drops May 10 via Stones Throw.

It’s the second single from the Spokane-based shredder’s sophomore album, As It Was, As We Were.

Linnea Siggelkow shares how her sophomore record documents her search for a sense of home.

Officially dropping tomorrow, it marks the debut release from the Chicago-based duo comprised of members of Yautja, Coliseum, and Immortal Bird.

Inspired by Bill Withers and The Beatles, the Austin-based songwriter’s new track is the latest taste of his Easy Eye Sound debut Flying Away.

The LA-based songwriter shares a loose single ahead of a handful of live dates in Texas and California, including Big Sur’s Hypnic Festival.

Josh Shaw’s new album Basketball Camp will arrive June 14 via The Record Machine.

Leaning into their lyrical strength of expressing life as we know it as a visceral horror story, the sludge-rockers’ fourth album is equally notable for its unexpected instrumental flourishes.

Landing ahead of their upcoming tour with Airiel and Blushing, the rework leans into the ambient direction of the Montreal dream-pop duo’s latest LP.

Melkbelly vocalist Miranda Winters shares 17 tracks that helped shape her debut solo album, which arrives this week via Exploding in Sound.

Tilted Planet, the debut project from Warehouse’s Genesis Edenfield and Ben Jackson, will be out May 17 via Danger Collective.

It’s the first track from the Alabama-based songwriter’s newly announced EP, as well as her first single released through new label Winspear.

The NYC-via-NC rapper breaks down each of these 10 tracks unified by a sense of emotional catharsis.

The Phoenix shoegazers will be playing shows out West with Interpol, DIIV, and SASAMI this summer.

The second album from the Seattle-based collective fronted by Natasha El-Sergany is officially out tomorrow via Doom Trip Records.

The DC post-punks’ new record is out today via Topshelf Records.

The two songwriters have recently been collaborating on songs for Spirit’s debut EP coin toss.

It’s the first single from the Portland-based songwriter’s newly announced Roseway EP, arriving June 14 via Arrowhawk Records.