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 soulful single comes from the vocalist’s album “Pleasure, Joy and Happiness,” out July 10.

Expect “West Coast vs. Wessex” out July 31.

The playlist arrives along with the Nashville songwriter’s “The Greatest Part,” out today via Captured Tracks.

The solo project of Mineral’s Chris Simpson celebrates the release of “Music for Looking Animals” today.

The Toronto band’s fourth album drops August 7 via Mint Records.

Their self-titled will drop July 10 via Sounds of Crenshaw/Empire.

The SF festival will make up for lost time with Tyler, the Creator, The 1975, and J Balvin already locked in.

Conor Oberst’s band performed their new song “Mariana Trench” from their newly announced album.

Mia Berrin threw together a playlist of songs that helped her own her queer identity.

The reflection on intrusive thoughts is the first single to precede the LP, out August 28.

The trio share fifteen tracks that inspire their vibrant take on punk.

All proceeds from the single benefit the Black Lives Matter movement.

It’s the second single from their debut album, American Advertisement, out July 10.

The R&B songwriter’s new record includes verses from Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, and many more.

Interpol’s Paul Banks, The Walkmen’s Matt Barrick, and Bonny Light Horseman’s Josh Kaufman give us the details on their first LP together.

The South African rapper delivers an intense electro-pop single with a pretty straightforward message.

The Hawaii-born songwriter shares the latest from his debut EP, “Who Is Dovey?”

The Chicago songwriter will unveil the rest of “All That Has Come Apart / Once Did Not Exist” two songs at a time.

Chris Browder and Robin Dove share the latest from “Big Bad,” their first album in seven years.

The single arrives ahead of DVG’s “Breakthrough” EP, arriving this Friday via Suicide Squeeze.