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

Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
Mike LeSuer

Al Menne shares nine recent favs from Big Thief, Lucy Dacus, Bill Callahan, and more.

Beck / Photo by Pooneh Ghana
The “Hyperspace” single comes to life with the help of Tessa Thompson, Evan Rachel Wood, and Alia Shawkat.

The Brooklyn duo ready their self-titled debut with yet another melancholy single.

The synthy first single “Rare Thing” establishes the Saddle Creek release as an experimental affair.

Falana reveals the opening track to “Darkest Light” before its October 25 release.

The Chicago ska ensemble do an anti-authoritarian take on Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” visual.

The slowcore duo recommend three favs from their label on the release day of their third LP, “Heavy Lifter.”

Cardi B, System of a Down, and Harry Nilsson soundtrack the power-pop group’s food fantasies.

The latest single from their new Tobacco-produced LP is another highlight in the PA duo’s hallucinogenic discography.

The songwriter’s fourteenth album will feature Pharrell Williams, Chris Martin, and Sky Ferreira.

SoCal songwriter Brian Collins sounds right at home on the lo-fi/folk indie label.

The Chicago songwriter shows off her sunroof in the new video for her summer-released single.

Along with an early listen, Monks gives insight into each individual track for the Dine Alone Records release.

Preceding their “Singles Too” comp, Marissa Paternoster and Jarrett Dougherty share some B-side favs.

The recording of a recent 29-track set at Bowery Ballroom comes with a 76-page book of photos by Hiro Tanaka.

George Clanton, The Paranoyds, Surfbort, and others, explained.

The proggy Boston experimentalists celebrate release day with an arty new visual.

The third and final pre-album single from “Big Blue” is full of grungy longing.

Along with the news, the eclectic label offers up an early stream of Robedoor’s new record, “Negative Legacy.”

The power pop songwriter lives every artist’s dream and ranks ten of his stunning “Born Hot” self-portraits for us.