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

Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
Mike LeSuer

The 16-and-a-half-minute epic arrives ahead of A Murmur, Boundless To The East, out June 10 via Mothland.

A slo-mo video for the track arrives ahead of the Australian songwriter’s new album ALTAR.

The latest from Zen Zsigo’s ambient project is a visceral examination of the confused mental state between sleep and consciousness.

Trevor Reilly and Nuno Pereira walk us through the East Coast punks’ latest LP track by track.

With his tour alongside Ho99o9 kicking off this Friday, the LA-via-Tucson artist continues to tease his new album slated for an April 29 release.

From Sly & the Family Stone to Thin Lizzy (and back to Sly & the Family Stone), the songwriter shares a playlist of tracks that influenced their latest record.

The Barcelona-based songwriter’s new album Strange Times Forever arrives June 3 via La Castanya.

The London rockers mash up Bosch with TikTok technology in the visual for their latest Pure Evil single.

The debut LP from Brandon Gallagher’s abrasive solo project arrives next Friday.

After a stint as Soft Plastics, the Vancouver group’s return LP as Frog Eyes arrives April 29.

The record was produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst and features contributions from Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy and Great Grandpa’s Al Menne.

The months’ most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.

The collaborative track arrives ahead of Travis Egedy’s art show Ultraviolet Mythology opening in Chicago this weekend.

The Bloomington-based group ready their new LP Bunny for an April 22 release via Exploding in Sound.

Featuring guest verses from Open Mike Eagle, Myka 9, Sunspot Jonz, and many more, the album is out now on Fake Four.

The comedian/musician’s latest project is now through Hardly Art.

The Philly rockers’ sophomore album arrives April 29 via Lame-O Records.

The collaborative single arrives ahead of Ducks’ imminent U.S. tour.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs / photo by Joyce Jude Lee
Along with posting UK dates, the group hints at a follow-up to 2013’s Mosquito.

A video for the track arrives ahead of the London garage rockers’ EP Songs of Love, out this Friday.