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

Bob Mould, Here We Go Crazy
Explicitly pitched as a response to the unrest of early 2025, the former Hüsker Dü leader’s first album in five years continues to confidently summon instant-earworm hooks and visceral thrills.

Vundabar, Surgery and Pleasure
The infectious Boston trio’s sixth album adds some complexity to their signature jangle with darker, rougher textures, though its lyrics don’t always live up to the music’s maturity level.

Alabaster DePlume, A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole
Informed by the dualities of harm and healing, the English saxophonist and poet weaves a tapestry of sounds—spiritual jazz, folk, classical, and beyond—into a potent missive of grace.
Mike LeSuer

The SoCal post-hardcore band’s new album Shapeshift is out September 3.

Stuart McLamb (of The Love Language) and Charles Crossingham share how everyone from Sheryl Crow to Counting Crows influenced their country-tinged debut album.

LA-based songwriter Remy Jean teases her debut album with her first new music in two years.

Caleb Cordes’ fourth LP I Sing is slated to arrive this Friday via Keeled Scales.

The loose single marks the band’s first release since 2021’s timetetheredtogether, as well as the first recording with a new lineup.

The improvisational instrumental duo’s first full-length collaboration officially drops tomorrow.

Drag queen Wet Mess stars in the latest clip landing ahead of songwriter Xander Duell’s self-titled debut album, out August 23.

Slated for an October 4 release via Music Website, the new record features production from Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum and Pearly Drops.

The Atlanta-based new wave group goes indie-pop on the latest single from their debut album Triggered, out August 16 via Kill Rock Stars.

The NYC group’s forthcoming Speedboat EP is planned for an August release via Kanine Records.

The LA trio are also hitting the road this week for a month-long tour playing alongside The Marías.

Yoni Wolf’s seventh album The Well I Fell Into is out August 2 via Waterlines.

In addition to currently touring as a member of GT’s live band, the recent Survivor contestant will release his new album Tears on the Beach on August 23.

The Peck/Beck alliance is the latest duet from the enigmatic country figure’s upcoming Stampede LP.

Travis Egedy teases his upcoming East Coast tour alongside Small Black with a new single that sees him “entering into some new sonic realms.”

Chell Osuntade breaks down all four tracks on the Winnipeg-based math-punks’ introductory statement, out now via Royal Mountain.

Bailey Crone shares how Beach House, Hayley Williams, Japanese city pop, and more helped shape her latest LP, out now via Nettwerk.

INBETWEEZER, Lucas Nathan’s newly announced follow-up to 2022’s Free Time, lands September 27 via Stones Throw.

With their debut album out now, stefa marin alarcón shares a few favorite tracks by Empress Of, Santigold, Saul Williams, and more.

The Chicago punks are currently on tour with The Dreaded Laramie.