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

Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
Will Schube

Chan Marshall shares her takes on “Ballad of a Thin Man” and “She Belongs to Me” ahead of the November 10 release of Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert.

The New York-based artist’s new album H.T. III is out on September 20 via POW Recordings.

The London-based songwriter’s record is out now via Daptone.

The North Carolina–based songwriter discusses his new LP The King, which shapes old demos into a cohesive narrative singularly soundtracked by guitar.

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.