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
Florence + the Machine, Everybody Scream
After recent big swings across the pop plate, Florence Welch’s gothic sixth album gets cerebral and probing as the songwriter proves herself to be more in touch with her emotions.
Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo, In the Earth Again
Destruction and decay may be the themes explored by the unlikely collaboration of a noise-rock band and a folk guitarist, but instrumentally, they make it sound beautiful, lush, and gentle.
Soft Cell, The Art of Falling Apart [Super Deluxe Edition]
This six-disc collection expands upon the aggression, industrialism, and pernicious lyrics of the duo’s 1983 LP—a revenge, of sorts, on becoming pin-up darlings of the British new wave.
Mischa Pearlman
There’s still darkness present on the noise rock band’s latest EP, but it’s more of a shadow than an abyss.
The songwriter’s new collection of drawings is a practical, humorous, and irreverent guide to overcoming his (and, by extension, our) anxieties and depression.
While often an uneven mess of sound, there are some real gems to be found on this DC Comics compilation.
The debut LP from the At the Drive-In co-founder tussles with indie-pop and boisterous stadium rock.
The ska-punk collective finds itself as boisterous, relevant, and energetic as ever before on their new EP.
The songwriter/visual artist discusses 11 pieces that tie into the fictional Whispering Pines universe.
Hatfield’s 17th collection of original solo material is a fever dream entirely of the indie legend’s own creation.
While this homage to hard rock isn’t a return to the great heights the band has scaled in the past, it’s also far removed from the valleys they’ve trudged through.
There’s a loose recklessness to these classic alt-rock melodies that convey being stuck in a rut—but also the determination to get out of it.
The French prog metal collective’s seventh album is a tornado of blastbeats, guttural growls, and devilish incantations.
In a Q&A, the London-based artist shared their thoughts on the classical new single, transness, and the duality of identity.
Helen Ballentine’s sophomore EP is just as resplendent and poignant as that first release.
On the outfit’s second LP, Jenn Wasner refrains from giving in entirely to obvious melodies and instrumentation.
A quarter of a decade on, the band’s debut remains a worthy companion for both aimless road trips and personal crossroads.
This self-titled debut draws on the members’ vast pool of experience, as well as the chemistry of their intertwined personal lives.
This 2009 LP is a reinforcement of The Clean’s rightful place in the pantheon of quirky alternative rock.
The songwriter discusses his new Aaron Dessner–produced LP and the unreal times that inspired it.
VanGaalen’s seventh proper studio album is pure nourishment for the soul—the sound of nature taking over again.
The bummer-pop quartet’s latest is an EP of feelings, memories, regrets and hope of actively seeking the elixir for life’s hardships.
The viral YouTube covers artist humbly discusses his unexpected rise to online stardom.
