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

Shallowater, God’s Gonna Give You a Million Dollars
The Houston “dirtgaze” trio ruminate on our intolerable times with some of the quietest and slowest music—as well as the most deafening, distortion-filled cacophony—you’ll hear in 2025.

Ivy, Traces of You
Completing songs written during sessions with late bandmate Adam Schlesinger, this collection hearkens back to the airy spirit that made Ivy such a delight at a time when it was hip to be hopeless.

Big Thief, Double Infinity
Ditching the homespun folk-rock sound of their last record for otherworldly, jazz-infused transmissions, the group’s sixth LP is obsessed with the beauty and inefficiency of language.
Tina Benitez-Eves

Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West, ska Swigs, Skrillex. (Photo/Art: HARRY)
The all-star collaboration reveals the artists’ “animated” sides and gives a first glimpse into $ign’s upcoming third album.

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.