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

Rhys Langston, Pale Black Negative
The LA-based artist’s most comprehensive foray into genre abolition yet is a whirlwind of artistic exploration that sees the songwriter coloring well outside of hip-hop’s lines.

Subsonic Eye, Singapore Dreaming
The Singaporean indie rockers’ jangly fifth record proselytizes the beauty of the natural world, providing hope with deliriously catchy tunes that channel ’90s groups like Superchunk and GBV.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island
The Australian band’s growing comfort performing with orchestra musicians results in a bolder, brighter, more engaging, and more direct album than its predecessor.
Mike LeSuer

As they blitzkrieg the U.S. with a quick slew of tour dates, the post-punks smuggle us a list of the hottest bands making waves in their native land.

The emo first-wavers ready their first album in nearly five years with another track unveil.

The former Speedy Ortiz guitarist has “Devin” scheduled for a July 26 release via Exploding in Sound.

The “Jerry Maguire”–hoarding collective invites you to break in their new East LA storefront with them July 6.

Thirty years later, the black comedy remains among the most underrated films in the Cage canon.

An auditory illusion that sparked an internet phenomenon wasn’t the only influence on the LA psych trio’s fourth album.

The hypnagogic pop experimentalist unpacks themes of life, death, and bodiless existence on her third solo album.

The new single from the Connecticut rockers further distances Zackery Abramo from his experimental pop past in Vundabar.

Ellen Kempner cites eleven songwriting influences on the Boston trio’s latest LP for Polyvinyl.

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Brothers Alex and Austin Ward host what is quite likely the only podcast entirely devoted to the 1999 sci-fi comedy.

Unearthed from a bonus DVD accompanying their 2008 release, John Dwyer & co. serve up on-location live sets and compelling commentary.

Bay Area experimentalist Tia Cabral explains how Kubrick, Sun Ra, and “Frankenstein” inspired the unique aesthetic for her sophomore LP.

The Toronto post-hardcore outfit tease their cinematic fourth album with a wildly diverse track list of influences.

Akron/Family guitarist Seth Olinsky breaks down his influences from Swans to Patti Smith on his latest single.

The noise pop group share the closing track to their forthcoming Hardly Art debut with an interactive video.

Matt Messore’s dream pop project gigs a New Jersey graveyard before hitting the West Coast.

Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, and De Palma all have new movies in production or slated for release later this year. Is it OK if we don’t really care?

Rick Maguire takes on the ghoulish policy advisor in the video for the Boston rockers’ latest single.

The heartland punk outfit teases their sixth album with a very enthusiastic video for lead single “(I Blame) Society.”

With “Us” hitting theaters last Friday, we’re ranking the ten most notable pioneering titles kept to two characters.