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

Glixen, Quiet Pleasures
Compelling yet uneven, the strongest compositions on the Phoenix shoegazers’ sophomore EP are often also the most experimental.

Anxious, Bambi
Calling back to the “big swing” pop-punk records from the turn of the millennium, the Connecticut band’s sophomore release is emotionally intelligent and impressively fine-tuned.

Patterson Hood, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
The Drive-By Truckers frontman’s first solo album in over a decade both softens and complicates the alt-country band’s barroom-rock formula, distinguishing itself to mixed results.
Mike LeSuer

The upbeat pop single teases a new album from Nashville-based songwriter Ian Ferguson, likely arriving later this year.

Immediately after securing her first win from the Recording Academy last night, the emcee shares a fiery new single that essentially doubles as an acceptance speech.

Lead single “Orchestra” lands ahead of Loose Talk’s March 28 release date.

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.