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

Rhys Langston, Pale Black Negative
The LA-based artist’s most comprehensive foray into genre abolition yet is a whirlwind of artistic exploration that sees the songwriter coloring well outside of hip-hop’s lines.

Subsonic Eye, Singapore Dreaming
The Singaporean indie rockers’ jangly fifth record proselytizes the beauty of the natural world, providing hope with deliriously catchy tunes that channel ’90s groups like Superchunk and GBV.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island
The Australian band’s growing comfort performing with orchestra musicians results in a bolder, brighter, more engaging, and more direct album than its predecessor.
Mike LeSuer

The track is from the songwriter’s self-titled record, released back in October.

The song comes from the East Coast punks’ “The Meds You Deserve” EP released earlier this year.

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.