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

Hotline TNT, Raspberry Moon
Will Anderson’s debut with a full band exhibits his fondness for crunchy shoegaze while incorporating a stripped-down, folk-referencing sound tinged with melancholic guitar.

Yaya Bey, Do It Afraid
In its 18 brief, blipping songs, the Brooklyn neo-soul artist’s latest venture into old-school rap, acid jazz, soca, and trip-dub is closer to a groove mixtape than a cohesive album.

HAIM, I Quit
The sister trio’s fourth full-length is a summer breakup concept record that’s intimate, powerful, and too scattered within its catharsis.
Mike LeSuer

The Strokes, Tame Impala, Tyler, the Creator, Gorillaz, Lorde, Megan Thee Stallion, and many, many, (many) more artists are listed on the Barcelona fest’s new posters.

“John, Take Me with You” arrives ahead of the lo-fi songwriter’s sophomore album, which drops October 1.

Recorded in lockdown, the LP drops August 27 via Temporary Residence Limited.

BROCKHAMPTON, Yaeji, TLC, Mac Miller, and more made the Tokyo-based fourpiece’s playlist.

The latest track from The New Pornographers’ Todd Fancey and the “American Idol” contestant arrives with a lavish video.

“Ordinary Life,” the new album from the ska group, arrives June 4 via Bad Time Records.

You can live in the couple’s Hollywood Heights Craftsman for a cool one mil.

Jasmine White-Gluz and co-producer Tara McLeod walk us through the reworking of these four “Motherhood” singles and a Deftones cover.

Formerly known as Ablebody, Anton and Christoph Hochheim’s latest project arrives July 16.

The Icelandic composer made a playlist of film score favs that inspired his work on the new Asia Argento thriller.

The duo’s new EP takes you back to the early 2010s when guitar-infused rap was making a comeback.

The Philadelphia-based artist discusses her band’s new album “Like a Stone” and her dedication to songwriting.

Michael Caridi’s post-LVL UP project has expanded to a four piece, as heard on the dual single out today via Double Double Whammy.

Roddy Bottum and Joey Holman list 16 tracks that match the queer affection of their new debut record.

The new comp demonstrates just how comfortable Deathbomb Arc’s vocalists are working over borderline-nonsense electronics courtesy of Hausu Mountain.

Cooper Handy’s new album “The Music Industry Is Poisonous” is out now.

The LA rapper and multi-instrumentalist’s new album is available on Bandcamp today via POW Recordings.

The Richmond rapper on his new album “For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her” and the pitfalls of genre.

Hannah D‘Amato answers some of our burning questions about the Oakland rockers’ recent self-titled debut (and milk).

You can listen to “Everything Pale Blue” in full ahead of its Friday release via Orindal Records.