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

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island
The Australian band’s growing comfort performing with orchestra musicians results in a bolder, brighter, more engaging, and more direct album than its predecessor.

Murder by Death, Egg & Dart
Each song on the Louisville-based gothic-Americana band’s final album is its own requiem, a tender farewell accepting of its fate.

The Bug Club, Very Human Features
Another collection of relentlessly charming and eccentric garage rock, this fifth album doubles down on the Welsh band’s signature stylized-raw production and unusual lyrics.
Mike LeSuer

The rare rock-leaning event will feature Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, and Stevie Nicks as headliners.

A new “Daily Mail” profile outs the singer as a climate change denier.

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

Autumn Spadaro, Autumn Spadaro Photography Anika & Roger
The Philly folk power couple’s new single comes with vivid footage of life on the farm.

James Blake / photo by Joyce Jude Lee
The artist’s solo set list also includes songs by Frank Ocean, Billie Eilish, and Bill Withers.

The tightly knit punks spell out their relationships to Deerhoof, hi-fi, and each other on a recent tour stop.

Twenty-five years after its release, two downbeat heavyweights put a new spin on the single.

Our first ever AotY talks about the changing landscape of music.

The first IDM single from the Montreal songwriter precedes a promised 2020 LP.

The single follows collaborations with Soccer Mommy, JPEGMAFIA, Ghostmane, and more over the past two years.

Adapted from a @leyawn tweet, the song features Kimya Dawson and Thor Harris.

The 311 frontman continues his flirtation with vaporwave on his fourth single with Clanton.

The Walkmen pianist talks us through “The Soldier” and “That’s All I Need.”

The pop-punk Norwegians share the latest single from their second LP, “Sorry for the Late Reply.”

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

Go behind the scenes of everyone’s favorite cartoon pop crew on December 16.

It’s the third and final single from the songwriter’s new LP “Remember the Silver.”

In addition to a full LP of Tom Waits covers, we’re getting more than our fill of new takes on classics this morning.

Curry rounds off a busy year with a dramatic short film for the “ZUU” single.

The “SLEEPER HOLD” single gets an EDM rework in the vein of Flume.