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

Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Their first new album in fifteen years spins on an axis of subtly infectious refrains and gently askew rhythms—it’s avant-garde art-pop as something radically old yet experimentally new.

Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.

These New Puritans, Crooked Wing
The interplay of organ and voice throughout the Essex band’s fifth album creates a haunting document of the modern world wrestling for coexistence with the old world.
Mike LeSuer

Joseph Shabason and Jason Treuting are featured on the second single from the duo’s forthcoming Pendant World LP.

Lucas Mayo’s new LP Laundromat is out June 16 via Father/Daughter Records.

The festival revealed its lineup today for the early October festival.

The Durham-based songwriter shares the loose single just in time for Mother’s Day.

The June 27 and 28 event will be produced by Dr. Dre and will feature The ReCollective Orchestra conducted by Derrick Hodge, as well as more guests to be announced.

The cult UK outfit follow up their unofficially released debut album over 20 years later.

The complementary singles precede the duo’s sixth album Heatherhead, arriving June 2 via Polyvinyl.

The Brooklyn-based artist shares the first of a pair of singles through Dangerbird Records.

The Montreal-based songwriter has announced an EP of the same name arriving June 30.

The self-titled debut album from Matt Pond’s new group is out now via Bella Union.

With their new album Cruisin’ out now via Telephone Explosion, the Toronto-based nu-jazz collective lists some of their favorite tracks they’ve contributed to.

It’s the New Jersey punks’ first new music since 2014’s Get Hurt LP.

A visualizer for the single arrives alongside the London group’s full Lock Eyes and Collide EP.

The Chicago duo’s latest release officially drops this Friday via Take a Hike Records, followed by a release show at Schubas on May 4.

The track will appear on Santos’ newly announced solo LP New Wave in California, arriving July 14.

The jazzy R&B composer cites everyone from Karriem Riggins to Vince Guaraldi as inspiration for his latest collection of songs, out this week via Last Gang Records.

The Auckland folk-pop group’s fourth album Ceremony arrives this Friday via Ba Da Bing Records.

The self-directed visual from the East Coast rapper was inspired by an episode of The Sopranos.

News of the songwriter’s first album since 2017 arrives with a video for its lead single, “Summer Glass.”

Arriving June 9, Icon also features tracks with A Place to Bury Strangers, SUUNS, Patriarchy, and others.