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

Gloin, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry)
On their second album, the Toronto band taps into the fury of their post-punk forebears with a polished set of psychological insights that feel angry in all the right ways.

Great Grandpa, Patience, Moonbeam
An experiment in more collaborative songwriting, the band’s highly ambitious first album in over five years truly shines when all of its layered ideas are given proper room to breathe.

Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt, Loose Talk
This ghostly collaborative album with spoken-word artist Barratt finds the Roxy Music leader digging his own crates for old demos and warped melodies that went unused until now.
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Eli Hewson and Ryan McMahon talk “turning things up to 10” with the ever-evolving Irish rockers’ confident third studio album, Open Wide.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 19: arrives at the Laufey Premiere of “A Night At The Symphony: Hollywood Bowl” at The Grove in L.A. at The Grove on November 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Laufey’s “A Night At The Symphony: Hollywood Bowl” Premiere)
Ahead of the film’s release on December 6, the Icelandic singer premiered her concert doc at The Grove in Los Angeles, followed by a Q&A.

In our latest digital cover story, Dave Bayley discusses processing the wild success of his band’s 2020 single “Heat Waves” and how it laid the groundwork for the alt-pop group’s newly released fourth album I Love You So F***ing Much.

The Hong Kong–born artist discusses her debut album and how the queer immigrant experience can be seen as the new national model of heroism.

As she anticipates her set at Glastonbury this summer, and chips away at a new EP, the London-based multi-hyphenate discusses her journey from recording to modeling and back again.

The UK four-piece share how fury, love, and gender identity informed the flavor of their debut album Teething.

The Hastings-based alt-rock trio discuss their sophomore EP Invite me, kindly ahead of their West Coast tour alongside Royal Blood later this month.

HEMLOCKE SPRINGS SHOT BY ANGELLA CHOE
After conquering TikTok with her single “gimme all ur luv,” the alt-pop songwriter discusses her debut EP going…going…GONE and the promising road that lies ahead.

The troubadour discusses the anachronistic world he created for his eclectic conceptual debut, Angel Face.

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Upon the release of her new EP WELL WELL, the songwriter discusses fearlessly exploring the darkest nooks and crannies of the soul.

In our latest digital cover story, Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern discuss continuing to shape their elaborate live show and their community of followers while slowly chipping away at their third album.

Sabrina Teitelbaum discusses the process of creating her self-titled debut collection of songs, set for release this spring—over two years after they were recorded,

The songwriter from rural Ontario discusses finding her voice ahead of her unflinchingly honest Mouse EP.

Championed by everyone from Paul Weller to Royal Blood, the Liverpool rockers are embarking on their first US tour.

With a new single “Block me out” out and a tour with Olivia Rodrigo in progress, the songwriter shares how she shook off the pandemic to continue creating.

In our latest digital cover, we caught up with Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, and Cole Preston to discuss their new album, plus an exclusive live performance of “Missing Out.”

On the heels of her new EP Comfortably in Pain, the viral songwriter talks being at the forefront of Gen Z’s new wave of genre-bending artists.

In our latest digital cover story, the Israeli songwriter walks us through the making of her recent LP “KIDS (Against the Machine),” the “very rebellious sister album” to the record she released earlier this year.

The EDM duo discuss experimentation in live shows, festival must-haves, and their famous book tree.