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

Ezra Furman, Goodbye Small Head
A glitchy folk-punk opera like a pastoral take on Lou Reed’s Berlin, the songwriter’s quivering-yet-empowered latest sees her knocked down—but never knocked out.

Youth Code, Yours, with Malice
The EBM duo continues to test new waters with their debut EP for metalcore label Sumerian, inviting experimentation on each of these five bone-rattling recordings.

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.
Mike LeSuer

Hinds / photo by Kirby Gladstein
HAIM, Jarvis Cocker, Hinds, Willie Nelson, and more reschedule their album releases for more certain time.

The Scottish punks share their new single with a satirical (and timely) video.

Will Toledo debuts “Martin” with a video of him washing dishes.

The ironically titled single arrives early in lieu of the duo’s cancelled tour.

New songs from Blanck Mass, Jenny Hval, SPELLLING, and more are available now, with 100 percent of proceeds going to the artists today.

A Plastic Ono Band cover and a harsh noise reworking of Gal Gadot’s viral video have been salves for us.

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker are featured on the first track from “Petals for Armor II.”

Following his single for a Bernie Sanders comp, the Philly rocker surprises listeners with nine new tracks.

The quarantine-friendly series will also include past exhibits.

Sean Solomon discusses the two eras of moody music that inspired his band’s latest LP.

The two Irish punk ensembles are celebrating the holiday with quarantined performances.

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The pining new single from Mike Hadreas is our current self-quarantined anthem.

Brandon Hagen breaks down the duo’s influences on “Either Light,” from Robert Smith to Tony Soprano.

Curt Kiser’s first video under the moniker spans a surreal seven minutes.

The industrial metal group will debut their “Underneath” set via Twitch tomorrow night.

The annual vinyl holiday is getting bumped from April 18 to June 20.

The Boston trio raise one trillion dollars for the FME foundation in the video for the “Safer Off” single.

Rock’s Mr. Brightsides return just in time with the new single “Caution.”

Moses Sumney / photo by Adrian Santos
The conversation began with a tweet by Complex mislabeling a folk artist as a “soul” singer.

King Woman’s Kris Esfandiari and Wicca Phase producer Darcy Baylis discuss their new collab.