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

Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

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.
Mike LeSuer

The Oklahoman rockers cover the Texas songwriter for a movie called “Arkansas.”

The Michigan punks share one final video from the session, featuring “Melee”’s energetic closer.

White Denim
“I Don’t Understand Rock and Roll” and “Work” precede the remotely recorded album.

Alex Luciano details each track on the band’s sophomore record, out today via Frenchkiss.

Honus Honus spills some words on the seventeen-track LP, out today via Sub Pop.

Before dropping her new LP tomorrow, she praises releases from Speedy Ortiz, Animal Collective, and others.

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

The New Jersey punks’ first NSR release arrives as a limited 7-inch.

The songwriter discusses his sprawling debut and his relationship with Sacred Bones.

Luke Temple’s single weaves a narrative through Auto-Tune and programmed instrumentation.

Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Deftones are among the groups that influenced BM’s latest record.

The visual for El-P and Killer Mike’s new anthem is an anti-capitalist utopia.

“Bees are not good,” Stefan Babcock screams as we celebrate the first PUP single of 2020.

Former Tigers Jaw members Adam McIlwee, Dennis Mishko, and Pat Brier go cow punk.

The LA grunge band’s latest single was produced by Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin.

The rainy homemade visual accompanies their second single from “PSA.”

The West Coast punks offer up a blistering quarantine-minded single.

The SLC dream pop crew share the sugary third single from “Gathering Swans.”

The “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” comedian reveals just how much she’s thought about caffeine this past year.

It’s the second single Conor Oberst and his band have shared since 2011.