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

FKA twigs, Eusexua
The visionary artist’s third album embraces rave culture for all of its angels and demons, though the ego-defying journey may be riddled with moments of internal conflict that rupture its matrix.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010
Ahead of their reunion tour, the cult indie-pop band resurrects lost classics from the bittersweet era of nostalgia that encircled their eponymous 2009 debut.

Paul Robeson, Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings
This 14-CD collection remastering the legendary bass-baritone vocalist, stentorian actor, and civil rights advocate’s work is a crucial cultural tome of both spiritual and earthly sensuality.
Will Schube

In our latest digital cover story, the LA-based songwriter details her music’s evolution into a full-band affair while bringing an equally communal focus to the open-ended subject matter explored on her proper debut album with her backing band The Attachment Theory.

The singer was known for her collaborations with The Flaming Lips before her tragic passing last year.

Only the Singer, the new album from Garcia Peoples bassist Andy Cush, will arrive on February 28.

The collection was organized by Kevin Haskins and Nick Launay.

First single “Earth 1” arrives with a music video directed by bandleader Ruban Nielson.

The original version of the track was featured on the singer’s 2024 EP Sophcore.

TORRES and Julien Baker will join the band at Red Rocks in May.

Local Natives, Dawes, Madi Diaz, The War on Drugs, Interpol, Toro y Moi, My Morning Jacket, and many more contributed songs to the collection, which will be available for 24 hours only this Friday.

Out now via Stones Throw, the soul icon’s third solo record was produced by Nick Hakim and features recent collaborator John Carroll Kirby.

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman also has some solo gigs coming up.

The track will be featured on the duo’s 28th album, MAD!

Their new album Welcome to My Blue Sky will arrive on April 4 via Polyvinyl.

Send a Prayer My Way will arrive on April 18 via Matador.

The expanded edition of the producer’s second solo LP is out now.

The new single “Drop” lands ahead of the album’s release on April 18 via Sub Pop.

The Philly-reared artist talks his Fat Possum label debut Goyard Ibn Said and leaning into his growing circle of industry peers.

Mortal Primetime will be released on April 25.

Co-produced by Rostam, the track will appear on SASAMI’s forthcoming LP Blood on the Silver Screen.

The cult blues-rock figure breaks down his collaboration with Kenny Segal—and first album in eight years—for us track by track.

Their new album Viagr Aboys (sic) will be released on April 25.