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

Chat Pile, This Dungeon Earth/Remove Your Skin Please [Reissue]
This single-vinyl compendium welds together the two EP releases that preceded the OKC sludge-rockers’ formal introduction to the unwitting masses.

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.
Mike LeSuer

Robert Tilden walks us through their second album of 2020, which is out today via Park the Van.

Vocalist Laura Colwell also answers questions about the new tune and the “bigger, fatter, sadder” record it will appear on.

The group featuring members of Birthing Hips, Landowner, and Tortured Skull will release the album on February 5.

The Brooklyn emcee cites Eddie Van Halen, Beethoven, and Toto as just a few of the record’s many disparate references.

Joey Burns walks us through each song on his band’s latest project, out today via ANTI- Records.

The EP featuring members of Hand Habits, Hop Along, and Hovvdy is out today via Saddle Creek.

The Chicago artists catch up after a long, strange—yet creatively fruitful—year.

Have a Nice Life’s Dan Barrett answers a few questions about his latest single and the new LP it appears on.

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.