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

photo by Coley Brown
The single follows a handful of one-off tracks and collaborations, most recently appearing on Rostam’s “Changephobia” LP.

The new single follows “I Am Who I Think You Think I Am,” the band’s first new music in two years, which was released last month.

The track arrives ahead of the LA experimental rockers’ remixed version of “Enjoy Yourself,” which drops August 6 via Plastic Smiles.

The visual arrives ahead of the two-year anniversary cassette reissue of their debut LP “The Natural World,” arriving August 30 via Moon Physics.

“Everything Is Broken, Maybe That’s O.K.” arrives September 17 via Shea Stadium Records and Freeman Street.

The LA-based songwriter’s debut album will arrive later this year along with a pair of West Coast dates alongside George Clanton, Negative Gemini, and Magdalena Bay.

The Indianapolis rapper offers a preview of his latest release, out tomorrow via Near Mint Records.

The visual accompanies a track from the electronic musician’s recently released debut album, “Daymaker.”

“City of Police” marks the Chicago post-punks’ first release with Exploding in Sound Records.

The VIDEOTAPEMUSIC-directed clip soundtracks the track from Abe’s debut solo LP “Fantasia.”

The collaboration between the NYC emcee and Phoenixville producer is out today via Coalmine Records.

The Philly ska revivalists’ new track arrives ahead of their LP “Nice One,” out August 6.

Nick Levine reveals a playlist of influences on their debut record, out this Friday via Sooper Records.

The track arrives ahead of “Loudmouth,” the Minneapolis four-piece’s album due out July 30 via Get Better Records.

It’s the first new recording from the Atlanta garage rockers since 2018’s “Back to the City” LP.

Read Blakely’s track-by-track breakdown of the project, officially out this Friday via Exploding in Sound.

“What Luck, Goodbye” arrives ahead of the Dirt Buyer vocalist’s album, out August 13 via Danger Collective.

Travis Egedy discusses connecting with 100% Electronica and GothBoiClique ahead of his latest LP.

The Bay Area post-punk collective’s latest release will arrive September 17 via Like LTD.

“The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better” is out September 3 via Mello Music Group.