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

FKA twigs, Eusexua
The visionary artist’s third album embraces rave culture for all of its angels and demons, though the ego-defying journey may be riddled with moments of internal conflict that rupture its matrix.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010
Ahead of their reunion tour, the cult indie-pop band resurrects lost classics from the bittersweet era of nostalgia that encircled their eponymous 2009 debut.

Paul Robeson, Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings
This 14-CD collection remastering the legendary bass-baritone vocalist, stentorian actor, and civil rights advocate’s work is a crucial cultural tome of both spiritual and earthly sensuality.
Mike Spry

Peter Anspach and Rick Mitarotonda discuss the band’s new album Dripfield, staying level-headed, and their official take on jam bands.

Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA
Reflections on the latest installment of Wilco’s weekend festival in North Adams, Massachusetts—and a few that preceded it.

The Colorado-based group’s album is out now via Die Jim Crow Records, a non-profit record label for formerly and currently incarcerated musicians.

Jim James, Carl Broemel, and Bo Koster discuss releasing their new self-titled album in a post-band world for our latest digital cover story.

Saying goodbye to the Silver Jew, David Berman.

On lost love, recovery, and music at Solid Sound 2019.

The celebrated indie auteur looks to make her mark in television on Mark and Jay Duplass’s HBO anthology series.

Halfway through the show’s final season, the HBO show’s co-creator reflects on what it all means.

photo by Ari Marcopoulos
It didn’t just help define a band: It formed how a generation would abandon singularity for fusion. A quarter-century after its release, we can trace our cultural evolution to the Beastie Boys’ third record.

THE AMERICANS — “The Midges” — Season 5, Episode 3 (Airs Tuesday, March 21, 10:00 pm/ep) — Pictured: Holly Taylor…
Season five of FX’s Cold War drama has arrived at an…interesting…time in contemporary Russian/American relations. But some themes are universal.

photo by Mary Cybulski
The comic, actor, and podcaster explores life after infidelity in his new HBO series.

The stand-up comedian talks about the possibilities for comedy under the new administration ahead of her appearance at Riot LA.

NEW YORK – AUGUST 28: American actress and author Carrie Fisher poses for a portrait on August 28, 1987 in New York, New York. (Photo by Catherine McGann/Getty Images)
“My generation was not tainted by the fantasy of Leia, but rather encouraged to aspire to the love of women like her.”

The Showtime drama, which was just renewed for an eighth season, offers a brutally humanizing portrayal of lower-class American life.

Marc Maron and Chris Hardwick collage / Maron photo by Andrew van Baal, Hardwick photo by Robyn Von Swank
Chris Hardwick and Marc Maron approach the entertainment industry in wildly different ways. But both help us to escape the culture of the soundbite.

The Tragically Hip in 1994. Credit unknown
Following the announcement of lead singer Gord Downie’s terminal cancer diagnosis, Mike Spry explains how The Tragically Hip speak to the Canadian soul.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy / photo by Patrick Glennon
Will Oldham talks about his new album, which compiles material from three Peel Sessions recorded decades ago.