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

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.
Mike LeSuer

With “Comfort to Me” out this week, the Australian group shared some songs that, yeah, have very little to do with that.

The genre-bending New Jersey artist touches on hustle culture in his latest single for Grind Select.

Following her recent single with Chester Watson, the Italian-Tunisian artist continues to tease her debut album.

The group’s latest LP, “It’s Not Them. It Can’t Be Them. It Is Them!,” arrives October 22.

Matt Cox and Patrick Feeley kill off their ego, Jeff, in the latest single from the pair’s forthcoming LP “SUP,” expected out October 22 via Wax Bodega.

“Bloodless” arrives November 12 via Orindal Records.

Along with debuting a new video for the track, Brad Oberhofer dives into his new philosophies which inspired the single.

With the band’s “Two” dropping today, Andrew Clinkman introduces us to our new favorite microgenre.

Chad Ubovich supplies commentary on each track on the band’s third record, out now via In the Red.

The Bay Area collective shares a visual for one of the tracks on their newly released EP “JF CREW VOL 3.”

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

The Toronto-based composer readies a full album recorded with the behemoth synthesizer made famous by Stevie Wonder.

NY-based multi-instrumentalist Giana Caliolo’s new album “Underneath” arrives this Friday.

With their new album “Structure” out now, Nate Amos shared some important tracks whose first letters spell out his band’s name.

The Toronto band’s second album arrives November 12 via Next Door Records.

The Tundrastomper and Fred Cracklin member’s new solo release will arrive September 24 via Exploding in Sound.

After a six-year break, Jim James and his band will release “My Morning Jacket” on October 22.

The group plays five of the album’s tracks—and debut a new single called “Miyajima, JP”—at Chicago’s Shirk Recording Studios.

The Oakland ensemble’s sixth album is out now via Easy Eye Sound.

Gareth Liddiard breaks down the band’s third LP track by track.