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.
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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
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Sinai Vessel, I Sing
Caleb Cordes provides a thoughtfully nuanced thesis statement for his heartland indie-rock project as he paints a portrait of an artist working under the long shadow of late capitalism.
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BLK ODYSSY, 1-800-FANTASY
On his third showcase of vivid storytelling under the moniker, Juwan Elcock adds early 2000s pop-rock to his pre-established melting pot of R&B, hip-hop, funk, and jazz.
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Wand, Vertigo
The Cali psych-rockers offer tangible connections between their early, blazing garage bashers and later forays into more progressive terrain with their adventurously cohesive sixth LP.
Pat McGuire
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The Saskatchewan-raised singer-songwriter treats a mundane gathering like a glass menagerie on his ANTI- debut “The Party.”
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Neil Young photographed in Malibu for FLOOD by Michael Muller
If anyone’s earned the right to rest on their laurels, it’s Neil Young. But with a new album—scratch that, “ear movie”—out and his Pono music player steadily gaining traction, he’s finally free to do what he wants: save the world.
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The Broad // photo by Iwan Baan
LA’s latest architectural gem is more than just a home for Warhol, Basquiat, Koons, and Johns. It’s also a valuable member of a growing Downtown community.
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2016. Michael Muller Sharks: Face-to-Face with the Ocean’s Endangered Predator header crop
Known for his world-class work on land, the visionary photographer recently took to the water to dive with sharks (cageless, mind you)—all documented in the new TASCHEN book “Sharks: Face-to-Face with the Ocean’s Endangered Predator.”
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We talked to the man who created the dioramas for the original Star Wars action figures.
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Run The Jewels FLOOD 1 header (text)
“Mike’s not exactly a cat person, but I think he may have turned a corner,” says El-P.
“Fell in love with a cat today,” admits Killer Mike.
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Run the Jewels, Echoplex / photo by Misha Vladimirskiy
Run the Jewels November 13, 2014 The Echoplex Los Angeles, California It’s kind of appropriate that so much love can…
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Courtesy of Adult Swim
The “Awesome Show” duo talk about their new narrative-driven Adult Swim project, their recent tour with John C. Reilly, and a forthcoming book; plus an exclusive clip from an upcoming “Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories” episode.
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The Leftovers / from the Pilot, courtesy of HBO
In which the titular “He” converses/argues with the titular “She” about a pop-culture event in the preferred forum of pop-culture enthusiasts everywhere: the Gmail G-chat.
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Seth Kauffman is the modern equivalent of Dick Van Dyke’s Bert character from Mary Poppins, swapping the fake cockney accent for a humble North Carolina bro drawl.