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

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.
Scott T. Sterling

Portman is all of us in the upcoming psycho-exploration of life after your mind has been blown to bits.

She has strong feelings about cryptocurrency and its potential to someday level the societal playing field.

The Roots drummer teams up with Impossible Foods and Live Nation for the “Questlove’s Cheesesteak” rollout.

The 1973 funk sample classic gets revived to protest you-know-who in the White House.

Björk
The Icelandic legend is releasing all nine of her solo albums on cassette, as well as a range of throwback t-shirts.

Marvel’s newest superhero has great taste in band merch, and now you can, too.

This Bay Area duo invokes memories of deep UK future-pop acts like Heaven 17 and Zoot Woman.

Toronto’s finest set to return with new album “Today, Tomorrow, & the Next Day” in May.

Dylan, Cole, and Braeden share handwritten song lyrics and a behind-the-scenes video.

Hear the latest from the cool Québécois artist ahead of her FLOODfest set @ SXSW 2019.

Bridging the gap between classic indie rock and Kacey Musgraves country, this Alabama native weaves a quiet magic on her new slow-burning ballad.

The electronic music legends defy time and revive the band’s singular sound.

The producer who builds techno robots premieres new track “G#” ahead of SXSW.

The Portishead singer unites with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra for a new album and movie.

TURN IT UP, CHARLIE
New Netflix series “Turn Up Charlie” stars Elba as an ex-superstar DJ turned nanny. Watch the trailer.

A whole lot of vinyl exclusives are coming on April 13. There will be lines. Should you stand in one?

In the first of a three-part series, the LA band takes us inside the making of their debut album.

The New York islanders return recharged and ready to indie-rock your face off with fiery new tunes.

Meet a husband and wife duo from the tiny French paradise known as La Réunion.

Morrissey / photo by Rozette Rago
Moz tackles The Fifth Dimension, Dionne Warwick, Joni Mitchell, and more on eclectic new covers album.