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.
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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
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The Los Angeles Issue
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Mister Romantic, What’s Not to Love?
John C. Reilly’s latest role as a lonely vaudevillian singer of Great American Songbook standards sees him unwrap each melody and lyric without irony or snarky dispatch.
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.
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First Listen
Pet Symmetry Share an Homage to an Old Tour Van with “Big Mileage”
The big single serves as the fourth big taste of the Chicago-based trio’s big new album Big Symmetry, out May 2 via Storm Chasers LTD and Asian Man.
April 01, 2025
Sufjan Stevens Announces 10-Year Anniversary Reissue of “Carrie & Lowell”
The two-LP package will feature seven bonus tracks and a 40-page booklet of collages, family photos, sketches, and more.
March 31, 2025
First Listen
Lockstep Return with Destructive New Shoegaze Track “Drag Along”
The Nashville-based trio’s first single since 2023’s Arrival lands ahead of their US tour with Grivo kicking off this Friday.
March 31, 2025
LCD Soundsystem and Pulp Will Share the Hollywood Bowl Stage This Fall for Two Nights
Both bands are set to perform in LA on September 25 and 26.
March 28, 2025
Playlist
Miki Berenyi Trio’s “Tripla” Influences Playlist
The Lush vocalist—along with bandmates Ollie Cherer and Kevin McKillop—share how Gang of Four, Arvo Pärt, The Monkees, and more shaped the sounds of their debut album.
March 27, 2025
First Listen
Hear an Early Stream of Half Gringa’s Probing New Album “Cosmovisión”
Isabel Olive’s maiden release for her newly formed Teleférico Records officially drops tomorrow.
March 27, 2025
First Listen
Chime Oblivion Work Through Strong Feelings on New Proto-Punk Jam “Kiss Her or Be Her”
John Dwyer’s new project co-founded by Bow Wow Wow’s David Barbarossa will release their self-titled debut on April 18 via Deathgod.
March 27, 2025
First Listen
Keep Return with Nihilistic Grungegaze Rager “Fun Facts”
The Virginia-based quartet announces that their self-released new album Almost Static will drop May 30, followed by a string of live dates opening for Turnover.
March 26, 2025
First Listen
Sunnbrella Creates Tension Between Beauty and Decay on New Single “Nothing Forever”
The pulsing track arrives ahead of David Zbirka’s new album Gutter Angel, which is out April 18 via Music Website.
March 26, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
8 Non-Musical Influences on clipping.’s Pivot to Cyberpunk, “Dead Channel Sky”
The experimental rap trio shares how William Gibson (obviously), hacktivism, and computer-generated novelty posters from the ’90s helped shape the record’s concept.
March 25, 2025
First Listen
Bedridden Blow Off Some Steam on New Single “Philadelphia Get Me Through”
The Brooklyn noise-pop band’s debut album Moths Strapped to Each Other’s Backs will arrive on April 11 via Julia’s War.
March 25, 2025
First Listen
Great Grandpa Get Spiritual on New Ode to Parenthood “Never Rest”
Patience, Moonbeam, the band’s first record in over five years, is out this Friday via Run for Cover.
March 24, 2025
Playlist
Ora the Molecule’s Women in Disco Playlist
With the Norwegian nu-disco queen’s album Dance Therapy out now via Mute, Nora Schjelderup introduces us to some of the global figures who helped pave the way for her.
March 21, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Brian D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs’ Debut Album, “Till the Morning”
The songwriter shares how Tarkovsky, greenspace, and pizza helped shape the record’s 11 songs.
March 20, 2025
First Listen
Jawdropped Chase Their Hollywood Fever Dream in Video for New Single “Fantasy”
The LA band’s debut EP Just Fantasy drops April 25 via Angel Tapes.
March 19, 2025
Reviews
Weatherday, “Hornet Disaster”
The Swedish noise-pop experimentalist’s second LP explores a considerably wider array of sounds across its 19 tracks, all through cleaner production.
March 18, 2025
First Listen
Brandon Mournfully Anticipates the Changing Seasons on New Single “September”
Secretly Canadian’s newest signee will release his debut album Before You Go on May 9.
March 18, 2025
First Listen
Club Night Stay Strong on New Single “Judah”
The Oakland group tackles themes of grief and recovery on their second album Joy Coming Down, arriving May 2 via Tiny Engines.
March 18, 2025
Track by Track
Twin Shadow Breaks Down Each Track on His Revitalized New LP “Georgie”
George Lewis’ stripped-back sixth album is out now via Dom Recs.
March 14, 2025
Non-Musical Influences
6 Non-Musical Influences on Bambara’s Neo-Noir Thriller “Birthmarks”
The Brooklyn-based post-punks share how everything from True Detective’s first season to medical research on reincarnation helped shape their fifth album.
March 14, 2025
