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

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.

Cola Boyy, Quit to Play Chess
Despite bristling with Matthew Urango’s familiar cotton-candied disco, the late songwriter and activist’s sophomore album also opens the floodgates to everything else he seemed capable of.

yeule, Evangelic Girl Is a Gun
The London-via-Singapore alt-pop songwriter continues to experiment on their fifth album, with the heaviest and weirdest moments also feeling the most authentic and energizing.
Tina Benitez-Eves

Elliott Smith (Photo: JJ Gronson)
The live track gives a stirring glimpse into the tortured soul of the prolific singer/songwriter

BRONSON (Art: Gian Galang)
Breaking dawn is the point of a new beginning, a refresh, and start over. The closing track off BRONSON’s upcoming…

The penetrating rendition of the 1989 anthem reflects police brutality, Black Lives Matter protests, and the state of America.

In our latest digital cover, the psych-pop quartet talk near-death experiences and their new album.

The Raconteurs guitarist/singer reflects on his seventh solo album, his fear of dying, and preventing insanity during a lockdown.

Robin Skinner talks self-isolation, self-realization, and his lighthearted major-label debut.