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.
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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
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The Los Angeles Issue
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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.
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Django Django’s “Off Planet” Influences Playlist
Dave Maclean shares some of the tracks that inspired the UK project’s foray into house music on their new four-part LP.
June 08, 2023
First Listen
Kitba Lets Go of the Illusion of Control on New Single “Tied to Strings”
Songwriter/harpist Rebecca Kitba Bryson El-Saleh’s self-titled debut arrives July 21 via Ruination Records.
June 07, 2023
Playlist
Dream Wife’s “Social Lubrication” Influences Playlist
From Le Tigre to The Cribs, Rakel Mjöll and Alice Go share 10 songs the London punks looked to when crafting their third LP.
June 06, 2023
Candy Claws Announce “Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time” Reissue for 10-Year Anniversary
The cult neo-psych group will release their first unheard material in a decade with the deluxe release out August 4.
June 05, 2023
First Listen
DITZ Make the Most of Tour Burnout with New Single “Riverstone”
The UK noise-punks’ new track is the latest to arrive from Suicide Squeeze’s Pinks & Purples digital singles series.
June 05, 2023
Bloc Party Connect with KennyHoopla on “Keep It Rolling,” the Band’s First Collaborative Single
The London-based post-punk revivalists are currently on tour with Paramore.
June 02, 2023
Track by Track
Protomartyr Take Us Through Their Existential New LP “Formal Growth in the Desert” Track by Track
Joe Casey breaks down the various themes and theses of the Detroit art-punks’ sixth full-length, out now.
June 02, 2023
Track by Track
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Walks Us Through His World-Build New Self-Titled LP
Adam McIlwee discusses collaborating with Darcy Baylis, Ben Greenberg, and Zola Jesus as he breaks down each song on the new album, out now via Run for Cover.
June 02, 2023
First Listen
Annie Taylor Spend a Day in LA in the Video for New Single “Ride High”
It’s the second taste of Inner Smile, the forthcoming LP from the Swiss rockers.
June 02, 2023
Speedy Ortiz Announce New LP “Rabbit Rabbit,” Share Video for Latest Single “You S02”
The group’s fourth album is slated for release on September 1 via Wax Nine.
June 01, 2023
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Dengue Fever Focus on the Sublime and the Melancholy on New Single “Touch Me Not”
Ting Mong, the Cambodian-pop outfit’s first album in eight years, is out September 15.
June 01, 2023
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Strawberry Runners Break Out of Cyclical Thinking Patterns on New Single “Circle Circle”
Emi Night returns with their first new single in six years.
May 31, 2023
Playlist
Kassa Overall’s New Wave of Black Improvised Music Playlist
With his new LP Animals out now via Warp Records, the rapper and percussionist shares his favorite tracks by artists on the cutting edge of the jazz tradition.
May 30, 2023
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Stuck’s Favorite Born Yesterday Records Songs
With the Chicago post-punks’ new album Freak Frequency out now, vocalist Greg Obis shares a few highlights from the label he co-runs with Deeper’s Kevin Fairbairn.
May 26, 2023
Track by Track
Kevin Morby Details the History Behind Each Track on New LP “More Photographs (A Continuum)”
The companion piece to last year’s This Is a Photograph is out now via Dead Oceans.
May 26, 2023
The Voidz Share “New Pirate Anthem” with Metal-Infused Single “Prophecy of the Dragon”
The single arrives ahead of Julian Casablancas’ outfit’s upcoming residency at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall.
May 26, 2023
George Clanton Starts All Over with New Single “Justify Your Life”
The track arrives alongside word of a new LP Ooh Rap I Ya that will drop July 28 via 100% Electronica.
May 26, 2023
3L3D3P Makes the Most of Her Graveyard Shift in New Video for “idontlisten”
The self-directed visual enhances the cyberpunk universe of the LA musician’s project.
May 25, 2023
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GHÖSH Break Down the Influences of Their Chaotic New “Prismassive” EP
Hear an early stream of the digital-hardcore duo’s latest release, officially dropping this Friday via Ramp Local.
May 24, 2023
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Body of Light Reconnect with Their Past Selves in New “Bitter Reflection” Video
Cult actor James Duval stars in the AOR-inspired clip for the title track from the duo’s new LP arriving June 30 via Dais Records.
May 23, 2023
