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

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.

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.
Mike LeSuer

The track featuring Gregory Pepper, AWOL One, and Ceschi appeared on the producer’s Time Invested II LP released earlier this year.

While we continue to anticipate Quaranta, the rapper’s given us plenty to be thankful for since August.

The track arrives with news of the Cleveland group’s debut album Caretaker, arriving January 27 via Just Because Records.

The Scoopay-featuring track arrives with the announcement of the OKC rapper’s new EP Good, out December 16.

Nicolle Maroulis shares how industry burnout—and Buffy the Vampire Slayer—inspired them to go brvtal.

Along with an early stream of the full album, Augusta Koch breaks down the second album from her post-Cayetana project track by track.

With their genre-defying self-titled debut LP dropping this Friday, Yuga Cohler, Johan Lenox, and Ellen Reid share their favorite hip-hop tracks, classical compositions, and everything in between.

The full list of nominees was announced today ahead of the 65th annual award show scheduled to take place February 5.

The track precedes a new album of the same name planned for release on March 3 via Kill Rock Stars.

The country ballad comes from the Californian songwriter’s forthcoming Giant LP, arriving February 10 via Innovative Leisure and Calico Discos.

From Dream Wife to Midwife, we’re sorting through another new trend in band naming.

The comedian has been teasing the project at recent live shows, including our SXSW showcase earlier this year.

The single opened the LA-based group’s Human Nature EP, released back in August.

Rainn Wilson has (unofficially) changed his name leading up to the COP27 summit in Egypt this week.

Latrell James and Rain’s debut collection of collaborations arrives December 13 via Echo Finch.

It’s Hataałiinez Wheeler’s second single for Dangerbird Records’ Microdose Single Series.

The London-based ambient techno artist’s new LP is out now via Mute.

The track comes from DJ Sun’s new LP Loveletter which arrived last Friday.

Band leader Jess Shoman breaks down each track on their sophomore record, out now via Keeled Scales.

The Akron/Family offshoot’s third album Experiments in Plant Based Music Vol. 1 arrives today via Everloving Records.