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

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.
Mike LeSuer

The LA duo feel like themselves again for the first time since 2015’s “California Nights.”

Austin’s annual psych-rock fest is full of big names—but you’re dead to us if you miss these ones.

Nicolle Maroulis sets their sights on a recent ex for their latest pop-punk anthem.

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

New Orleans’ self-proclaimed “experimental soft rock” octet break the news via Q&A with ringleader Tyler Scurlock.

The West Coast rapper is dropping “Feet of Clay” tonight, shares its metal-as-hell cover.

The new clip for the “Morbid Stuff” single is truly some morbid stuff.

Band leader Carmen Perry answers questions about her pre-Sports days as Addie Pray.

The eerie experimentalists dive into spooky Georgia lore on the cut from “The Old Witch’s Cavern.”

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.