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

Madonna, Veronica Electronica
A companion to her 1998 downtempo LP Ray of Light, this collection is a series of fresh, future-forward edits, remixes, and demo tracks meant to expand the vision of the original album.

The Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.
Mike LeSuer

Caroline White lists three albums she’s proud to share a label with.

Tyler, the Creator / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
With one mystery headliner yet to be announced, of course “Frank Ocean” is trending on Twitter.

The Chicago rapper defies cliché by addressing five different forms of love on his new EP.

The experimental producer lists ten tracks that helped her keep things fresh while writing “DEATH DRIVE.”

The exploratory new record from the Austin duo is out October 18 via Double Double Whammy.

Their “love song to tinnitus” introduces the Boston grunge outfit’s latest release, “Let the Shit House Burn Down.”

The retrospective collection kicks off with three reissued Haunted Graffiti LPs, all out October 25 on Mexican Summer.

The ambient new single from “Face Stabber” is paired with an eerie video.

The U.K. rapper stepped into the Like a Version booth to cover the 2005 Gorillaz single.

The Aussie jangle pop group describe their new album in not entirely un-Burroughs-like terms.

Jade Lilitri offers up ten tracks that informed the sounds of his band’s latest LP.

The single arrives ten days after their native U.K. elected a new PM. Weird!

Modern Baseball’s Jake Ewald gives us the play-by-play for his Americana-conscious solo project’s third album.

Our Associate Editor’s favorite pre-released singles, album deep cuts, and tracks by unfairly obscure artists from the past few weeks.

The Philly trio serenade dates in the video for the second single from “If you’re not afraid, I’m not afraid.”

Justin Vernon and crew talk the intimate nature of new album “i,i” in WeTransfer-produced film.

The “Babadook” writer/director is ready to terrify you all over again with her new film.

The jangly Glasgow band follow up their 2017 debut with a pair of tracks set for an August 30 release.

Celebrating (approximately) ten years of the songwriter’s first and most unpronounceable release.

The Tampa rapper/producer takes cues from past collaborators Daveed Diggs and JPEGMAFIA on the eleven experimental tracks.