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

Matmos, Metallic Life Review
Composed entirely from the vibrations of metal objects, the compact experimental duo’s new anticapitalist allegory is as unique a prospect as a fingerprint.

Turnstile, Never Enough
The Baltimore hardcore collective distills and expands the essence of their breakout 2021 LP, leaning into the tension between explosiveness and a resulting uneasy stillness.

Hotline TNT, Raspberry Moon
Will Anderson’s debut with a full band exhibits his fondness for crunchy shoegaze while incorporating a stripped-down, folk-referencing sound tinged with melancholic guitar.
Mike LeSuer

From Horsegirl and horsegiirL to TisaKorean and TiaCorine, here are some of 2024’s most indistinguishable sets of artist names.

In addition to a set of December headlining dates, the Chicago rockers will open for Taking Back Sunday and Sweet Pill this Saturday in New Jersey.

The two tracks were initially revealed to the Philly shoegazers’ Bandcamp followers earlier this month.

The Oakland dream-pop ensemble returns with a visual for the track from their album All Around Me, which was released back in January via Graveface.

The Austin rockers continue to support Cloud Nothings on their US tour through the end of November.

The festival confirmed the widely circulated rumors this afternoon, along with sharing the rest of the lineup.

The track lands with the news that the Chicago duo’s debut album, Clover, will arrive February 7 via Angel Tapes/Fire Talk.

The Kingston-based noise rockers’ second album What Is Success lands January 24 via Wharf Cat.

It’s the title track from Stella Rose Gahan’s new EP arriving December 13 via KRO Records.

The Breeders band leader’s debut album of the same name arrives this Friday via 4AD.

John Klein shares how desert landscapes, Yung Lean, and his Knifeplay bandmates helped shape his new collection of contemporary Americana.

Ahead of the band’s fall European/UK tour supporting their upcoming album Games People Play, Megan Louise shares which songs she’ll be vibing to each night before going onstage.

Teenage Halloween member Eli Frank is sharing a video for the single landing ahead of his debut record with the project, Stuck in a Dream.

Twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman will release their debut EP Sister Smile on December 6, featuring contributions from members of Hand Habit, Cola, and TOPS.

The Canadian songwriter’s seventh album, Basia’s Palace, is set to arrive on February 21 via Secret City Records.

The Japanese indietronica composer shares how Scritti Politti, Robert Plant, and various YMO-related projects have inspired him over the past four decades.

Swedish songwriter Thea Gustafsson’s debut album Only Music Makes Me Cry Now is out this Friday via 4AD.

The track lands ahead of the Australian group’s Stu Mackenzie–aided debut LP Dead Slow, which is out November 22 via p(doom).

Arriving December 2, the limited-edition Skin Yard Select compiles singles and rare recordings from the Seattle grunge pioneers.

The Arkansas-based songwriter shares how PinkPantheress, Grimes, Tinashe, and more helped shape the futuristic sounds of her debut album.