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

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.

BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.

Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
Mike LeSuer

The doomy post-punk band’s fourth album Dweller lands January 10 via Three One G Records.

Led by current Built to Spill bassist Melanie Radford, the trio’s Petite Deaths EP is scheduled to arrive January 17 via Moon Ruins.

Reinterpreting 2022’s Profound Mysteries triple album, the new project aims to “underline the importance of critical thinking and curious pondering.”

“Dreamwalking” lands ahead of the collaborators’ ode to LA (and dance music), landing February 28 via Nettwerk.

It’s the second teaser from the Venezuelan post-hardcore group’s first English-language LP, Was It Medicine to You?, out January 9 via Born Losers.

The indie-pop quartet will release their new LP Shy at First on March 14.

The single lands ahead of the South African pop-rapper’s third LP Full Moon, dropping January 10 via Transgressive.

The songwriter’s first new material since her 2022 debut solo record is out via Last Gang/MNRK.

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.