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

Ben Kweller, Cover the Mirrors
Dedicated to his late son, the former grunge-pop wunderkind crafts something both touching and infectious as it moves through the stages of grief like landmarks on an epic summer tour.

Lil Wayne, Tha Carter VI
Upholding his fascination with the crunch and snap of shiny alt-rock, Weezy’s sixth chapter of his ongoing soap opera is as eclectic as its list of features might suggest.

Shura, I Got Too Sad for My Friends
Electro-pop and dreamy grooves are largely replaced with rich ’60s-style folk-pop on the artist’s isolation-inspired third album, wherein self-doubt feels like a secondary character.
Mike LeSuer

Woodson Black has also shared July 17 as the new release date for his debut, “Violence in a Quiet Mind.”

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.