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

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.
Mike LeSuer

Tobias Grave answers a few of our questions along with the early stream of the record officially out this Friday.

The track arrives ahead of Ezekiel’s “Everything Is Under Alarm” EP, out December 4.

Kicking off Thursday night with a candlelight vigil outside of SaveMoneySaveLife’s office, the initiative will also be live streamed.

Murs and Zack Fox also appeared on the “Eric Andre Show” bit.

It’s the second single from Savanna Dickhut’s forthcoming debut record, “Late Bloomer.”

Ahead of the release of “I saw first light,” the songwriter shares four records that best define the label for her.

The drummer’s sophomore solo LP is out January 15 via Joyful Noise.

Justin Broadrick reflects upon this grey, dragging moment in history, highlighting the beauty we tend to ignore.

The Belarusian coldwave trio detail their third album, out today via Sacred Bones.

The emcee and producer talk us through their new LP covering everything from the pandemic to Black Lives Matter.

The underground icon details his lengthy eighth record and the universe it inhabits.

Recorded in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s studio in New Orleans, the LP is set to drop February 5.

With the rappers’ “FlySiifu’s” dropping this week, they made a playlist of their favorite joint tracks.

The track will lead off the Minneapolis band’s EP of the same name, out January 22 on Slumberland Records.

Pay what you want for the eight tracks Peggy’s put out since dropping “All My Heroes Are Cornballs.”

David Cohn and Greg Saunier’s improvisational album balances anxiety and quirk in a way only these two artists could.

The project formed by Huggy Bear’s Chris Rowley and Male Bonding’s John Arthur Webb has a record out via What’s Your Rupture? today.

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Andre and Vonne share 12 tracks that would make their set if they were given the aux at their favorite Central Florida dive right now.

The U.K. post-punks experiment with spoken word and famous whistlers on their latest single.

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