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

Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
Mike LeSuer

The rapper will enter a new era on her newly announced fourth album, Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only.

The track arrives with a new batch of recordings from the forthcoming Red Hot compilation TRAИƧA, which celebrates trans and non-binary voices.

Mia Berrin shares how leaning into boredom helped her complete this 10-song follow-up to 2021’s Death of a Cheerleader.

The NYC post-punks’ debut will arrive on Halloween with an official release show scheduled for the following night at Bowery Electric.

The Texan shoegazers share how an unlikely combination of Sunny Day Real Estate, Korn, and Roberto Bolaño inspired their new record Chameleon.

The Turkish electronic artist’s debut album Bedside Tunes is out tomorrow via 2MR.

The Jersey City alt-R&B songwriter teams up with the Brooklyn electronic producer on the four-song Mutamelior, landing November 13 via EveryDejaVu.

The Norwegian indie rockers’ sophomore album Full Speed Anywhere Else arrives this Friday via Tiny Engines.

It’s the title track from the LA-based indie-pop duo’s debut album, arriving this Friday.

The Australian surf-punks duo’s third LP is out now via Loma Vista.

The recording lands ahead of a full spoken-word LP of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry read by Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore, Allen Ginsberg, and more—all with accompaniment by Kramer.

It’s the (sort of) title track from the noise-punk twin duo’s new EP, arriving November 8 via Three One G.

Scott Hermo Jr. shares how Beat Happening, Frankie Cosmos, Another Michael, and more helped shape his band’s first new record in nearly a decade.

Out November 29, Live at Permanent Records sees John Dwyer and Brigid Dawson revisiting their collaborations over the years at the titular LA record store.

The NYC-based songwriter’s guest-filled new album Middle Child Syndrome lands October 25 via Record Euphoria.

The Leeds duo will release their first album for Fire Talk Records, into a pretty room, on January 17.

The band shares how learning to make stained glass and intensively studying soap films helped give their second album its unique edge.

The Miami art-rock quartet will release their second album, Standing Too Close to the Elephant in the Room, on October 18 via Dion Dia.

With the post-Smoosh project’s breakout EP Committed to the Crime turning 10 this week, Asy and Chloe Saavedra announce plans for its first-ever vinyl release.

The NYC-based experimental-folk songwriter shares how Björk’s “Cocoon” inspired the latest track from her new EP zen and hot.