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

Wavves, Spun
The LA band’s eighth LP eschews distortion in favor of a cleaner pop-punk sound that both spotlights Nathan Williams’ songwriting chops and dulls the project’s compelling eccentricities.

Skegss, Top Heavy
Clashing with expectations, the rowdy Australian duo dive into an older, deeper, more refined sound with this EP that positions them as stronger musicians and storytellers.

Mister Romantic, What’s Not to Love?
John C. Reilly’s latest role as a lonely vaudevillian singer of Great American Songbook standards sees him unwrap each melody and lyric without irony or snarky dispatch.
Mike LeSuer

The Philly band’s second LP “What’s So Fucking Funny?” drops November 5 via Memory Music.

The Durham-based punks’ latest album “Fuck These Fuckin Fascists” dropped last month via Epitaph.

The Chastity Belt vocalist balances ’90s alt-rock sounds and modern malaise on her second solo LP.

The latest project from The Locust’s Justin Pearson will unleash their debut record in January.

From Kali Uchis to Arca, Rubinos lists 12 tracks by artists who excel at character building.

The single arrives ahead of the duo’s new album “Natten,” out October 29 via Luaka Bop.

The EP is streaming now via Pure Noise Records.

The track arrives ahead of Sean Sprecher’s forthcoming split with Nyxy Nyx, dropping October 29 via Exploding in Sound.

Nick Corbo’s debut solo LP “Heaven’s Just a Cloud” arrives October 22 via Danger Collective.

After surprise-releasing their second EP of the year earlier this week, the rap duo lists off some of the tracks they’ve had on repeat.

The Danish trio continue their experimental streak on their sixth album.

The Canadian songwriter’s new LP “Highs in the Minuses” drops October 29 via Double Double Whammy and Polyvinyl.

New George Clanton billboards = new George Clanton music?

The single and its video arrive ahead of the collective’s latest LP, “Illusory Walls,” which drops this Friday.

The Montreal songwriter’s debut album “Leftovers” arrives October 15 via Secretly Canadian.

The month’s most discourse-worthy singles, according to our Senior Editor.

Pavol’s new EP “Reflections” arrives this Friday via Shamir’s Accidental Popstars Records.

The Winnipeg-based noise-punks’ latest LP “Quitter” arrives October 15.

The single arrives ahead of Troper’s newly revealed 28-track album “Dilettante,” out October 15.

The West Coast garage punk enlists members of Dávila 666 and Crocodiles for her latest track.