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
The Rolling Stones, Black and Blue [Super Deluxe Edition]
The group’s 1976 musical chairs of lead guitarists is rarely cited as anyone’s favorite Stones album, though this package reminds us that it’s among their most alive and spontaneous.
The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [30th Anniversary Edition]
Rising above the odd brand partnerships it came paired with, this opulent quadruple-LP reissue builds off of the already-expansive source material with unearthed live recordings from the band’s creative prime.
The Notwist, Magnificent Fall
This non-chronological batch of remixes and other rarities regales in the utter joy of what must be in the brothers Achers’ heads when they spin gorgeous alchemical gold.
Mike LeSuer
A.F. Cortes’ “Brooklyn Is Burning” is still looking to reach its Kickstarter goal.
The film and its OST hit streaming last Friday.
Terra Lopez opens up about the doomed relationships, generational trauma, and music industry bullshit that inspired her latest record.
The Tijuanero shoegazers’ second album drops tomorrow via Felte.
The full “Miss the Feeling” EP drops tomorrow.
Lil Yachty, Big Freedia, and Joey Fata$$—er, Bada$$—will also make appearances in the show’s fifth season.
Jasamine White-Gluz checks in from Quebec with a rendition of the “Motherhood” track.
The darkwave duo also made a playlist to pair with the songs on their 2015 debut.
David Byrne / photo by Daniel Cavazos
The six-week project aims to dispel the popular notion of America’s political division.
“Mr. Lonely” arrives ahead of “Kajillionaire,” set for release this Friday.
10 songs organized by how badly we’d like to party like it’s the year they’re singing about.
The New Jersey duo signed to Equal Vision Records for the track.
Regional Justice Center’s Ian Shelton unveils his band’s new EP, single, and self-directed visual.
Ahead of the group’s new LP “Shame,” here are four releases the band is particularly proud to share a label with.
“NEATO” is set for releases on October 16.
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.
