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

Dijon, Baby
On the follow-up to his 2021 debut, Dijon Duenas lays glitchy, psychedelic textures atop his familiar alt-R&B sound to evoke a fractured internet-like aesthetic that’s often mesmerizing.

Rich Brian, Where Is My Head?
The edgy but earnest Indonesian-American rapper further leans into his identity on his first album in six years, welcoming a variety of guests on his trek through self-actualization.

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.
Will Schube

The new album from the departed legend will arrive on September 8 via ANTI- Records.

The new album from songwriter João Rocha is out September 1 via Innovative Leisure.

Originally formed as a cathartic escape for three former child actors, Jadagrace, SWIM, and TJOnline talk making the kind of music they want to hear.

Ryan and K Hover discuss the deluxe version of their cult-classic record, expectations, and looking back on the LP 10 years on.

The song is featured in the forthcoming film Heart of Stone, which is out on August 11.

The band has also announced a Queens Colosseum pre-show event in Toronto on August 4.

The duo’s album is finally seeing the light of day with an August 25 release via Lex Records.

The Chicago post-hardcore icons’ run of dates kicks off August 9 in Indianapolis with Upper Wilds.

The project will arrive on October 20 via Ninja Tune/Counter Records.

billy woods and ELUCID’s new album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips is out on September 29 via Fat Possum Records.

The limited-edition release arrives ahead of Thundercat’s In Yo Girl’s City tour.

The band’s new album The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons is out on August 11.

The tribute album A Song For Leon is out September 8 via Primary Wave Music.

Produced by Cate Le Bon, the LP marks their first work with an outside collaborator since 2007’s Sky Blue Sky.

The LA-based producer’s new album Gravity will arrive on September 8 via Friends of Friends.

Inspired in part by heartbreak and a move from Ontario to LA, the alt-R&B artist’s fourth album is out now via Hyperdub.

The book will be released on Questlove’s new Macmillan imprint, AUWA Books.

Sophie Allison is playing at Forest Hills Stadium in New York tonight with Maggie Rogers.

The NYC-based songwriter’s fourth album uses little moments of heartbreak for propulsion, with this momentum giving the album its sturdy bones.

The band’s follow-up to last year’s Time Skiffs will arrive on September 29 via Domino Records.