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

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.

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.

yeule, Evangelic Girl Is a Gun
The London-via-Singapore alt-pop songwriter continues to experiment on their fifth album, with the heaviest and weirdest moments also feeling the most authentic and energizing.
Mike LeSuer

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The Ivory Coast–born emcee also announces his debut album Water Is Styled Honey, out September 16.

Blake Fusilier’s latest project is out now via Ba Da Bing Records.

The Oakland-based group’s third album Invoke arrives September 1 via Graveface Records.

The psych-tinged garage rockers’ new album Rapscallion is out September 16 via ATO Records.

The Indian dance-rock group’s EP Is It Time to Eat the Rich Yet? is out now.

Night Beats’ Danny Lee Blackwell and ex-Los Bitchos instrumentalist Carolina Faruolo will reveal their collaborative LP October 28 via Suicide Squeeze.

The Austin psych-rock collective’s double album Wilderness of Mirrors arrives September 16 via Partisan.

The Love That’s Ours arrives September 30 via Project Melody Music.

Co-directed by comedians Patti Harrison and Alan Resnick, the video arrives ahead of Cry Sugar’s Friday release.

The duo’s new album Closure arrives September 30 via Fuzz Club.

The experimental duo’s seventh album—and first in a decade—arrives September 16.

Following a string of singles, the LA-based three-piece surprise-released their third album earlier this week.

The Atlanta-based punks will release the project September 30 via Famous Class Records.

Samira Winter and Harriette Pilbeam take on Hollywood in the video for the second track released ahead of What Kind of Blue Are You?.

Inspired by the band’s new track “Swallow,” Christine Goodwyne shares 10 more songs that use the vocal distortion tool to heighten their emotional pull.

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

The sequel to Richie Follin’s 2011 covers EP officially drops tomorrow via CGR.

The Toronto-based duo share their third single since releasing their Better Daughter EP in 2020.

Adam Turla breaks down each song on the band’s eighth album, out now.

The Virginia rapper’s album officially drops via Quiet Year tomorrow.