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

El-P and Killer Mike also announced a new fan club.

The project is set to be released on October 27.

The addendum to the record will arrive on October 13.

Officially out September 28, the duo’s new project Infinite Victory Loop will be available to hear tomorrow exclusively on Bandcamp.

The artist formerly known as Neon Indian talks Pynchon, the streaming era, and following in the footsteps of Bryan Ferry and Sting with his first LP under his given name.

billy woods, ELUCID, Kenny Segal, They Hate Change, and more make appearances on Lindsay Powell’s latest release, out now via Backwoodz Studioz.

The band’s self-titled third album will arrive on October 27.

Youngs also walks us through each track on the project, which officially drops tomorrow via Yep Roc.

The track was produced by Gorillaz’s Remi Kabaka Jr.

The 30th anniversary reissue of Last Splash arrives this Friday via 4AD.

Her forthcoming tour will kick off on October 17 in Washington DC.

Natalie Mering’s tour will continue on September 27 in San Francisco.

The duo’s second album this year will be released on November 17 via True Panther Sounds.

The track arrives via Crumb Records.

Other stars with items to bid on include the cast of Bob’s Burgers, Lena Dunham, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, Natasha Lyonne, Spike Jonze, John Lithgow, and “Weird Al.”

Out November 10, the album features billy woods, Hanni El Khatib, and more.

With this LP of lovesick twangers, the art-pop-architect-turned-country-balladeer sounds deeply interested in untangling the nuances and geometry of relationships.

The supergroup’s debut album Los Angeles will arrive on November 3.

Big Thief
The new track, along with A-side “Vampire Empire,” will be released as a physical 7-inch on October 20 via 4AD.

Lætitia Tamko’s third LP Sorry I Haven’t Called is out this Friday via Nonesuch Records.