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

Blonde Redhead, Sit Down for Dinner
The dream-pop trio celebrates the precarity and preciousness of life with delicate and airy sounds on their first record in nine years.

Oneohtrix Point Never, Again
Daniel Lopatin’s “speculatively autobiographical” tenth album marries a handful of his past styles, soulful vibes, and sample tricks into one future-forward, frothing, fluid stream of sound.

Armand Hammer, We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
The block-party feel of billy woods and ELUCID’s guest-heavy sixth full-length together makes for a raucous listen, yet it’s clearly the defining statement in their always-brilliant discography.
Ted Davis

Ali Beletic shares the radio-rock-by-way-of-hyperpop title track from her forthcoming album.

The single arrives ahead of Maya Stoner’s new EP “Shima,” which drops November 12 via Famous Class Records.

The tracks from LA-based multi-instrumentalist Nikolas Soelter arrive with a brief Q&A.

The track arrives today alongside a playful visual and a brief Q&A with frontperson Taylor Vick.

The Pittsburgh dream pop collective’s third album “Heat” arrives September 24 via Crafted Sounds.

The Video Age members’ debut LP “Accelerator” is out October 22 via Winspear.

The self proclaimed loudest rock ’n’ roll band in Pittsburgh tease their new single, which officially drops tomorrow.

Conor Murphy talks inspiration and collaboration ahead of the release of “Draw Down the Moon.”

Featuring members of Yucky Duster and Public Practice, the LA-based group’s debut album will arrive later this year.

The D.C. punks’ new album “Do You Like Salt?” arrives August 20 via Crafted Sounds.

The LA songwriter’s debut feels more indebted to Hollywood’s dingy strip malls than the city’s striking natural setting or skyline.

At once earthy and metropolitan, “Black Metal 2” is as enigmatic as the best records in Blunt’s discography.

The Bay Area underground favorites’ first album in over a decade is their stiffest, most familiar release to date.

Snarky and self aware, depressed but electrifying, this record’s heady songwriting contains multitudes.

The single arrives ahead of Britton’s “I Love You” EP, which drops June 18.

The latest EP from the Philly glitch-pop experimentalist is like Mentos in Diet Coke.

The Brooklyn-based four piece on their newly released second LP “Ice Melt” and staying independent.

The Chicago trio’s knack for uplifting lyricism and energetic arrangements sets them apart from their peers.

Released at the dawn of a verdant, hopeful spring, this debut EP shimmers with the golden glow of nostalgia.

The solo debut from U.S. Girls’ Carlyn Bezic packs a glamorous punch while simultaneously flaunting an ominous energy.