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

Ólafur Arnalds & Talos, A Dawning
This seamless collaboration fuses the Icelandic composer’s gentle, piano-based soundscapes with the late Irish artist’s poignant electronica and singular voice without ever feeling saccharine.

Gina Birch, Trouble
This second solo LP moves further into the Raincoats co-founder’s melodic mix of dub-rock, neo-jazz, skeletal R&B, and space-pop as she continues to eschew creature comforts.

Chat Pile, This Dungeon Earth/Remove Your Skin Please [Reissue]
This single-vinyl compendium welds together the two EP releases that preceded the OKC sludge-rockers’ formal introduction to the unwitting masses.
Mike LeSuer

The Uruguayan songwriter shares some tracks that helped him write his new travelogue EP.

The Brooklyn songwriter pays homage to “The Sopranos” in the video for his latest single.

Organizers promise to instead coordinate a live stream event for Lolla weekend.

The jangly Melbourners share a handful of songs they had on repeat when penning their sophomore album.

A guide to some of the day’s most exciting Bandcamp-only releases—and the anti-racist causes they’re supporting.

B L A C K I E / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Records spanning hip-hop, industrial, hardcore punk, and everything in between.

Killer Mike and El-P release their new LP two days before its release date.

Rosenstock discusses his new album through the lenses of the global pandemic and nationwide protest.

The platform announced it will continue this initiative every Juneteenth.

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

The Sasac-featuring track from “Double Goodbyes” gets an aesthetically pleasing visual treatment.

With their third LP “Fine Forever” out today, the Chicago rockers share songs from the folks they’re eager to hug post-quarantine.

Celeste Tauchar shares a clip for the “Wax” EP closer and tells us about her new social media campaign of the same name.

The Vancouver rock duo will drop “Massey Fucking Hall” June 19 via Anti-.

News of their fourth album arrives with a video by animators Cole Kush and Jason Harvey.

The Carissa’s Wierd offshoot enlisted YouTuber Jacob the Carpetbagger for the quarantine-produced clip.

The Chicago songwriter compiles a two-tier track list for coffee hour.

The late songwriter’s self-titled second album gets a new reissue set for August 28.

The GothBoiClique rapper compiles songs that go equally well on late night drives or basking in sunlight.

The animated vocalist sings “Aries” alongside his creator.