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

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.

The Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.
Mike LeSuer

Ahead of the release of their own freak-punk opus Hex Dealer, the New Yorkers help define the genre with 15 tracks by artists breaking ground in the weirdo rock scene.

Time Is Now, the LA-based psych-folk songwriter’s first record in nearly a decade, arrives July 12.

The Australian surf-pop duo’s fourth album Rebuild Repeat is out June 14 via Farmer & the Owl/BMG.

With his new album P.S. Fuck You out today, the Alabama-raised trap artist shares 11 tracks he’s been inspired by over the years.

Coraline Kunda breaks down all the humor and heartbreak of the Chicago trio’s latest record.

The Minneapolis-based power-pop trio’s sophomore album Avoider is out next Friday via Forged Artifacts.

The Tashaki Miyaki vocalist’s Brion-produced debut solo EP Good at Love is out June 7.

The anti-imposter-syndrome anthem lands at the tail end of the nomadic songwriter’s US tour.

The Bay Area rockers led by Two Gallants vocalist Tyson Vogel will release their debut album of the same name on June 14.

The experimental sax and percussion duo shares another new track ahead of their debut album WeirdOs, slated for a June 21 release via Speedy Wunderground.

The Nashville-based folk experimentalist announces his new album Cascades, Cascading, Cascadingly will arrive September 6 via Missing Piece Records.

The free events will take place in the days leading up to the album’s May 17 release.

The songwriter delivers the highly conceptual set of songs ahead of his sophomore album Steven, out this week via Father/Daughter.

Arriving with an intimate music video, the track also comes paired with an expanded set of fall tour dates reaching the UK and Ireland.

The Nashville indie-punks also share an early stream of the release, which officially drops tomorrow.

Paying homage to her late aunt, the new single precedes an album of the same name set to arrive later this year via Future Gods and the artist’s own Silver Lab(s).

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.