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

Wisp, If Not Winter
Natalie Lu’s debut leans into the “pop” side of dream pop, exploring the double-edged sword of yearning with big builds and a combination of delicacy and pummeling sound.

The Armed, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
The Detroit punks’ sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak.

OK Cool, Chit Chat
The Chicago duo pull the strings taut on their emo-pop debut, adding piano passages, guitar theatrics, and other flourishes to their established college-radio-rock sound.
Will Schube

Ahead of the release of his solo debut this Friday, the drummer and composer shares 11 tracks—within the realm of jazz and beyond—that inspired him.

The Nigerian hip-house songwriter discusses her debut album pain/pleasure, a sparkling testament to the power of perseverance.

The project was originally set to arrive tomorrow, September 1.

On his major label debut, the Indiana-raised artist is confident, heartbroken, and positively raging over some of the best pop-rap crossover beats you’ll ever hear.

The duo have also announced their sixth album, God Games, which is out on October 27 via Domino Records.

Zach Condon’s new album will be released on November 10 via his own Pompeii Records.

The track will be featured on Jeffrey Paradise’s forthcoming album Blame It All on Love.

The screenings are set for September 7 in movie theaters across the globe—a week before The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We officially drops.

Daniel Lopatin’s new album Again will arrive on September 29 via Warp Records.

The LA-based alt-R&B musician talks working with Raveena, Paris Texas, Erik Bodin of Little Dragon, and more on his follow-up to 2021’s Valencia.

We spoke with Kirby about her first track released through her new label home of ANTI- Records.

With the LP out now via Sacred Bones, Chrystia Cabral shares the origins of both the original tracks from her first three records and their re-recordings.

The comedian, writer, and former Daily Show correspondent shares how everything from field recordings to the local deli inspired his pop-rap LP, out today via Interscope.

Olivia Rodrigo
The “drivers license” singer will release the new LP on September 8.

Sarah Tudzin is featured on the song “Igyah Kah” from the new Disney+ series Ahsoka.

The concert will take place on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7 at West Potomac Park on the National Mall.

The latest project from Daniel Lopatin will arrive on September 29 via Warp Records.

With his debut LP i care so much that i dont care at all out now, Ash (you can call him that, it’s OK) discusses staying true to himself while becoming a public figure.

Savage’s second solo album will be released on October 6 via Rough Trade.

In addition to the Taylor Swift Cover, the project will also feature Sophie Allison taking on R.E.M., Pavement, and more.