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

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.

BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.

Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
Mike LeSuer

The doomy single arrives ahead of the Fog mastermind’s The Show Original Soundtrack LP, dropping October 7 via Lex Records.

Alexander Rieth takes us track by track through the Arizona-based post-metal band’s sophomore album.

The first single from his RCA debut, “Jesus Freak Lighter,” is now streaming.

The day before Linkous would’ve turned 60, the duo’s cover arrives ahead of their latest album You’ve Got Love (But It Even Tears You Apart).

Arriving October 21, Tristen Colby’s new EP Adore Me was mixed by JEFF the Brotherhood’s Jake Orall.

Tickets go on sale this Friday for the set of North American dates kicking off mid-November.

The wrestling-themed Exploding in Sound signees will release Hell in a Cell on October 21.

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“Cement” is the first taste of the Hooded Fang vocalist’s latest solo project, out October 28 via Telephone Explosion.

The Portland-based power-pop prodigy breaks down each song on his debut for Lame-O Records.

Frahm’s piano-free new LP Music for Animals arrives September 23 via LEITER.

“To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I’m the judge and jury.”

Arriving with a music video, the track precedes the Walter Schreifels–produced project’s
October 14 release via Grand Jury.

The recent tourmates collaborate on a new track as they gear up for another set of North American dates.

Currently on tour with Pianos Become the Teeth, the Baltimore rockers set a January 2023 release date for their debut LP.

The LA-based songwriter’s album Centrifics arrives September 16 via Fire Records.

The experimental SoCal duo’s debut album About a Boy arrives September 30 via AWAL.

The new single arrives ahead of their debut album Liminal Spaces, out October 21 via Lex Records.

The first single from an EP slated for 2023 doesn’t stand for Florida State University.

Herring contributes vocals to the producer’s latest single.

The Brooklyn-based songwriter’s solo debut no roof no floor arrives October 28 on Captured Tracks.