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

Matmos, Metallic Life Review
Composed entirely from the vibrations of metal objects, the compact experimental duo’s new anticapitalist allegory is as unique a prospect as a fingerprint.

Turnstile, Never Enough
The Baltimore hardcore collective distills and expands the essence of their breakout 2021 LP, leaning into the tension between explosiveness and a resulting uneasy stillness.

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.
Mike LeSuer

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

The singer/rapper gives us an acoustic take on the track from his debut album.

Michael Cantor shares the second single from “Beautiful Motors,” out October 9 via Double Double Whammy.

The songwriter performs “Energy” and “Million Miles,” the latter of which was written on the farm.

Jasamine White-Gluz details the various directions she took her fourth album in.

The Baltimore emcee’s new single hits streaming services tomorrow.

Phoenix / photo by Daniel Cavazos
How much should we read into the burning Phoenix tee in the song’s visualizer?

The clip arrives with a playlist curated by the Sacramento-based songwriter celebrating sacred spaces.

Eva Moolchan shares eleven tracks she’s had on repeat leading up to the release of “Happy Birthday.”

The Minneapolis punk trio’s “I’m Glad We’re Friends” will be out via Count Your Lucky Stars.

The self-described “loser rock” band also reveal a new visual for “Selfish.”

Isabel Olive pairs her recent single “Afraid of Horses” with eleven more equine-themed tracks.

It’s the first of two EPs the Haitian-American emcee has promised to release this summer.

The MN punks’ debut full-length dropped last week via Forged Artifacts.

With no new music from TV on the Radio since 2014, it’s time to get familiar with the vocalist’s film and TV work.

Amélie Rousseaux celebrates one year of “Waves” with an experimental new take on the single.

Kenney performs the single from her newly released album “Sucker’s Lunch” in Oakland.

The debut single from the LA-based songwriter arrives with a goofy—if not relatable—visual.

Michael Hansford’s latest single—written immediately post-“Touchstone”—will be his last for some time.

The record is officially out tomorrow via Mama Bird Recording Co.