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

Ahead of the release of the black metal band’s new live recording, Clarke takes us behind the scenes of Deafheaven’s chaotic live shows.

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

The track arrives ahead of Charles’ “Magic Mirror,” due out January 15.

Following the artist’s Grammy snubs, Sir Elton voices his support for Abel Tesfaye with a lo-res pic on Instagram.

On his forthcoming solo debut, the Hooded Fang vocalist experiments with a wide array of sounds, which he cites inspiration for here.

The loose track follows the electronic musician’s “Love + Light” LP released over the summer.

The New Zealand songwriter shares how The Durutti Column and The Sound inspired her new LP, which drops tomorrow.

The track will appear on the songwriter’s covers LP “Hot & Heavy-Handed,” out December 11.

The Brooklyn post-punk ensemble quartet on the service industry jobs and awkward Christmas parties that formed their eponymous LP.

Kurt Wagner compiles a list of his favorite tracks from artists we’ve lost this year.

Ahead of the release of their self-titled debut this Friday, the fourpiece get acquainted with their new city.

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.