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

Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.

These New Puritans, Crooked Wing
The interplay of organ and voice throughout the Essex band’s fifth album creates a haunting document of the modern world wrestling for coexistence with the old world.

Pelican, Flickering Resonance
The tone of the Chicago post-metal band’s first album in six years feels triumphant, like ascending the peak of the mountain that adorns its cover.
Mike LeSuer

Out tomorrow via Pearson’s own Three One G Records, the book details The Locust frontman’s travails working a seedy, minimum-wage gig in order to keep his various music outlets afloat.

The songwriter’s second album Nothing Sticks is scheduled to arrive on March 21 via Get Better Records.

The single, as its title suggests, precedes a momentous year for the artist.

The duo tease new music while also announcing a North American tour kicking off in May.

The prolific electronic artist announces that her latest solo album, Gush, will be out August 22 via Nettwerk.

The annual event is scheduled for May 10 at Pasadena’s Brookside at the Rose Bowl.

“Magnolia” signals a shift back to black metal after the group’s foray into shoegaze on 2021’s Infinite Granite.

Johnathan Bates’ fifth album ADONAI will be out February 28, with the instrumental track serving as the latest single.

A City Drowned in God’s Black Tears, the experimental rap duo’s follow-up to 2022’s collaborative King Cobra, will drop on April 4.

Although the band’s upcoming sold-out tour will celebrate 10 years of their breakout album Strange Trails, the track introduces fans to an interesting new chapter.

The 88-track Love Los Angeles collection aims to benefit Mutual Aid LA Network.

Out February 7, the collection also features covers from Current Joys, Brad Stank, Far Caspian, and more.

The Vermont-based songwriter announces that her Lame-O Records debut Trash Mountain will be out April 4.

Following a pair of slacker-punk EPs, the Australian group will share Greedy & gorgeous on March 14 via Little Lunch Records.

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.