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

After seven years as a band, vocalist Sophia Skye and Starcrawler guitarist Henri Cash will unveil their first collection of rock and Americana tunes, Just a Stranger, on February 21.

The Austin-based multihyphenate will pick up where he left off on 2022’s Cry Havoc! EP later this year with his new album We Do Not Fear Ruins.

It’s the first track the trio have shared since inking a deal with indie hub drink sum wtr, home to releases from Kari Faux, Aja Monet, Gareth Donkin, and more.

The composer’s soundtrack to Drew Hancock’s new movie arrives January 24 via WaterTower Music, a week before the film’s January 31 wide release.

David Lynch at home, Hollywood, Calif., as he prepared for the release of his second album as a recording artist, “The Big Dream.”
Lynch’s family announced this morning that the artist and filmmaker has passed away at the age of 78.

The dark-folk songwriter’s first release since 2023’s No Masters in Paradise LP officially drops tomorrow.

With the pop-rapper’s sophomore album dropping this week via Get Better Records, she shares how Janet Jackson, Tears for Fears, and the Mario Kart OST inspired the project.

Lullabies for Dogs, the folk-punks’ first album in over five years, will drop March 7 via Wax Bodega.

Norwegian synth-pop songwriter Nora Schjelderup will release her second album, Dance Therapy, on March 21 via Mute Records.

The collection, aptly titled The Villagers Companion, arrives February 21 and will also feature covers of John Prine and Mecca Normal tracks.

Ironically, the Vancouver collective feels rejuvenated on the first track to be shared from their latest record, The Open Up.

On January 24, Gary Hustwit’s regenerative Eno documentary will be livestreamed in several iterations along with Q&As with the film’s crew and other special guests.

Eternal Reverie, the producer’s first new LP since 2020, arrives March 7 via her own Young Art Records.

The seriously unserious UK rockers’ third album Boys These Days arrives May 23.

Chrystia Cabral’s newly announced album of the same name drops March 28 via Sacred Bones.

The experimental rap project shares a new single called “Change the Channel” ahead of the LP’s March 14 release via Sub Pop.

The year’s most discourse-worthy experimental metal records, according to our Senior Editor.

The Animal Collective co-founder’s first solo album in six years, Sinister Grift, is out February 28 via Domino.

The year’s most discourse-worthy records, according to our Senior Editor.

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