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

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.

The Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.
Mike LeSuer

The Ontario-based songwriter shares an affectionate video for the “Born Again” opener.

Expect to see more Hi, How Are You? aliens at the skatepark when it reopens.

The LA rockers unleash a new single and video.

The Single Mothers vocalist also chats with Stefan Babcock about his recent tour with PUP.

TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe / photo by Natasha Aftandilians
Revisiting the very weird seeds that sprouted a handful of decade-defining artists.

Animator Rozalina Burkova brings the “Where Have All My Friends Gone?” single to life with a staticky visual.

The Brooklyn new wave trio offer another taste of their debut record “Introduction, Presence.”

Grimes / photo by Daniel Cavazos
The couple take a stab at cracking the top 50 most bizarre headlines of 2020.

ICYMI, the Cleveland rockers quietly uploaded 27 live recordings to their Bandcamp page last Friday.

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.