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

Reneé Rapp, Bite Me
The pop star’s big voice and actorly prowess help convince us that the choppy, Sapphic-punkish pop and curt, self-reproaching snipe of her second LP burrow deep into her soul.

$uicideboy$, Thy Kingdom Come
On their fifth proper LP, Ruby da Cherry and Scrim’s usually dense, trap-imbued soundscapes are open and airier, leaving more room for the duo and their guests to misery-wallow within.

Nuclear Daisies, First Taste of Heaven
The club-ready breakbeats and unrelenting experimentation on the Austin trio’s second LP serve as a deafening clarion call for humanity to get its act together before it’s too late.
Mike LeSuer

The latest single from the West Coast trio’s forthcoming album Truthtelling arrives with a Chloe Corley remix.

The single and video arrive ahead of the punks’ first album in a decade, out August 26 via Red Scare.

The single arrives ahead of the power-pop duo’s debut album Open Up That Heart, out August 5 via Lame-O.

The track arrives with a dreamy video and news of her signing to Temporary Residence Ltd.

A visual for the breezy track arrives ahead of the EP’s September 2 release via Father/Daughter.

The lead single arrives ahead of the album’s October 7 release date via Carpark/Wax Nine.

Matthew Davidson’s new single arrives with the news of the forthcoming LP Noon, out October 21 on Keeled Scales.

The track arrives ahead of the Chicago band’s album Last Spa on Earth, out September 23 via Winspear.

With his debut LP Happening out today, John Cudlip takes things back to the ’90s with a carefully curated playlist.

The band’s Orono and Harry share how finding their place in the universe inspired each track on the band’s newly released sophomore album.

The single arrives ahead of the Winnipeg noise rockers’ eighth album NULL, out September 23 with a brief Canadian tour to follow.

The energetic single arrives ahead of the band’s Atlantic Records debut Magic Hour, which drops September 16.

Watch a full-album visualizer from the LA-based dream pop group before their new album officially drops tomorrow.

The former a collection of new songs and the latter a reissue, both projects officially drop this Friday.

The second sample from the recently announced LP Spirituals comes with a visual teaser.

The longtime collaborators’ first official joint release arrives August 12 via Domino Records.

Arriving with an equally appealing visual, the single precedes the debut album’s September 30 release date via Frenchkiss Records.

It’s the final single from the Philly group ahead of the release of their album Love the Stranger, out July 29 via Merge.

The short film unfortunately may be as close as we’ll ever get to Robinson guesting on an RXK Nephew track.

The track arrives as the latest installment of Suicide Squeeze’s Pinks and Purples singles series.