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

Kali Uchis, Sincerely,
Moving from the synth-dembow-pop of last year’s Orquídeas to dreamy neo-soul, her fifth album sees Uchis adapt the tripling axis of joy, pain, and existential dilemma into cloudy song.

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Naturally [20th Anniversary Edition]
This 2005 modern classic of soul revivalism pulled itself up from the bootstraps of the group’s debut with a respect for nuance to match its need for pulsating grooviness.

PinkPantheress, Fancy That
The UK artist’s second mixtape features an EP’s brevity and an album’s worth of heft, all built upon breathless, sample-heavy instrumentals that form an unlikely sense of cohesion.
Mike LeSuer

The Chicago Latinx punks liven up the dreamy “Foam” single with a bummed-out flamingo.

After dropping a pair of singles, the Aussie art rockers have settled on August 23 for their second Joyful Noise release.

An animated picture book recounting an ill-advised camping trip serves as the Toronto punks’ latest visual treatment.

Marisa Dabice unpacks the self-acceptance, self-hatred, and freedom of individuality that went into writing the punk band’s new album, “Patience.”

On the release day of “Hard Pop,” the Milwaukee pop-punk quintet contextualize their indisputably fun sounds.

The Chicago rapper and his co-pilot turn the “Shoulder You Lean On” single into an aerial stress dream.

Sonny Smith’s label preps a festival in his native SF and an accompanying compilation LP.

Misha Lindes details the story behind each of the debut record’s ten songs.

Lætitia Tamko’s second album will arrive September 27 via Nonesuch Records.

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.