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

Nation of Language, Dance Called Memory
The electronic trio’s Sub Pop debut is both introspective and danceable, combining the languid, mellow tendencies of its predecessor with the more pop-infused style of their earlier work.

Devendra Banhart, Cripple Crow [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Further extending the LP’s dimensions, this reissue adds a third disc of outtakes, B-sides, and demos that only serve to fortify the project’s sonic asymmetry and emotional, quixotic lyricism.

Die Spitz, Something to Consume
With their Will Yip–produced debut, the Austin punk quartet has something to say about postmodern society in 11 metal-fusion tracks ripe with political turmoil and skatepark angst.
Steve Horton

A satisfying sequel to the 2021 tongue-in-cheek ex-assassin suburban dad story finds Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch desperately wanting a break.

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s second installment in their “lesbian B-movie trilogy” has a terrific ensemble and miles of style, but comes with serious third-act problems.

Remastered in 4K, Rob Reiner’s satire of aging-rock-band tour docs returns to theaters this month ahead of its sequel planned for September.

Alex Ross Perry’s three-hour documentary is a love letter to the video store in cinema—albeit one perhaps best suited to equally bygone attention spans.

Director/writer/star Eva Victor’s darker-than-black comedy debut addresses heavy subject matter through unexpected tones and structures.

Wes Anderson’s latest is a very funny quest film where the quest doesn’t matter.

With their second film, brothers Michael and Danny Philippou bring us a tale of dark resurrection and the chaos that ensues.