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

Rebecca Black, Salvation
An intoxicating blend of Y2K aesthetics and bubblegum pop, Black’s second album is a celebration of her musical evolution from internet laughing stock to hyperpop powerhouse.

Hamilton Leithauser, This Side of the Island
The Walkmen vocalist finds an exquisite balance of raspy, lounge-lizard crooning and angsty art-rocking on a solo album full of distressed lyricism and black humor.

Lady Gaga, Mayhem
The pop star’s latest album is chaotic by design, blending elements from across her career to craft something you can dance to, swoon with, and don black eyeshadow for.
Mischa Pearlman

The debut from the avant-garde supergroup demonstrates the power of collaboration, but struggles with cohesion and emotional drive.

The Canadian punks’ pugnacious third LP is also their most tender and nuanced release yet.

The doomy pair share more mournful explosions of existential tragedy and aggressive solemnity that transcend genre.

This B-sides comp demonstrates the one-dimensionality at the heart of the rock duo’s two-decade career.

The Atlanta garage rockers’ debut is the sound of four women who don’t give a damn for convention or perception.

The songs on the group’s first live album sound more lush and textured than they do on their recorded counterparts.

At under 12 minutes, the Philly hardcore band all punch hard while documenting what it’s like to be a Black band in a white scene.

The “Mandy” tie-in record convincingly blurs the line between truth and fiction with songs that, on their own merits, are actually pretty cool.

While its experimental attitude should be applauded, “Shiver” is at its best when Jonsí tiptoes across familiar ground.

These 13 tracks are as oddball and incohesive as should be expected from the California band.

In lieu of their planned Japanese tour, Houston’s Overo and Tokyo’s Asthenia share four new songs.

“Sun Racket” finds frontwoman Kristin Hersh on her trademark fine and fiery form.

The new video from the Swedish blues/death-metal musician feels perfectly on-brand.

Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott discuss how picking up where they left off in 2011 has been a source of comfort for them.

There’s a real sense of dread and foreboding in the posthumous record’s dark sinews.

The Detroit post-punk group’s fifth album “Ultimate Success Today” is out this Friday.

The LA duo’s fifth record is full of weird and unexpected twists and turns.

The sheer scope of Johnston’s talent shines brightly on Built to Spill’s album-length homage.

The Fort Collins punks share the latest single from their forthcoming EP “KILLERMAJESTIC.”

“Strange to Explain” is a confused swirl of hope, wonder, and melancholy.