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

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.

Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums
This new box breaks down seven well-framed sets of sessions spanning 1983 to 2018, essentially designed as full-album capsules of mood previously deemed unfit for canonization.
Scott T. Sterling

At the Drive In at Riot Fest / photo by Brigid Gallagher
The Mars Volta/At the Drive-In singer calls out a host of scientologists as “midnight vultures” and “black cube thugs.”

Grimes FYF 2014. HEADER VERSION. Credit Breanna Murphy.
The artist responds to the general consensus that she launched social media accounts for her unborn baby.

The Homeward Bound charity show in LA will benefit PATH (People Assisting The Homeless).

Jhené Aiko at Camp Flog Gnaw / photo by Rozette Rago
The R&B singer turns up the heat with her first song of the new year.

Kacey Musgraves
They’ve got a real problem with playing women artists, and now the women are fighting back.

New Order in Wynwood, Miami 2019.
The new wave band is being celebrated for “leaving its mark in the Miami Beach and worldwide music scene.”

The emo-goth rockers are sending out coded messages—and fans have theories.

The latest visual from “Herstory in the Making” combines two album tracks into one bold statement.

His sophomore album “En Garde” is out January 24.

The vinyl revival of the 2010s reminds us that what’s old is still new if you’re young enough.

Grimes / photo by Daniel Cavazos
She made the announcement with a topless photo.

The graphic designer behind iconic album imagery for Cocteau Twins, The Breeders, and Pixies leaves a legacy unparalleled.

photo by Andy Sawyer
A soundtrack for dealing with post-“Blade Runner” future shock, featuring The Faint, De La Soul, Wilco, and more.

photo by Adrian Santos
Kaytranada, “Parasite,” DaBaby, and “Fleabag” are just some of the former president’s favorites of 2019.

The Long Beach rapper shares a lyric video that doubles as an ad for his new streaming service.

Childish Gambino
The two will converge on the Fairfax District to raise money for Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign.

JARV IS (aka Jarvis Cocker) / photo by Kirby Gladstein
The UK is striking back against the elections by sending the 2006 tune to the top of the charts.

The longtime Wu-Tang associate was the older cousin of RZA, and can be heard on many of the group’s projects over the years.

No, your mind is not playing tricks on you. This is happening.

After the ass-claps heard around the world, Lizzo’s body-shaming critics are being drowned out by very big voices.