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
The Rolling Stones, Black and Blue [Super Deluxe Edition]
The group’s 1976 musical chairs of lead guitarists is rarely cited as anyone’s favorite Stones album, though this package reminds us that it’s among their most alive and spontaneous.
The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [30th Anniversary Edition]
Rising above the odd brand partnerships it came paired with, this opulent quadruple-LP reissue builds off of the already-expansive source material with unearthed live recordings from the band’s creative prime.
The Notwist, Magnificent Fall
This non-chronological batch of remixes and other rarities regales in the utter joy of what must be in the brothers Achers’ heads when they spin gorgeous alchemical gold.
Will Schube
The lead single features backing vocals from LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Nancy Whang.
The “absurd” song “about bugs” arrives with a video starring the collaborators along with Fred Armisen.
The multi-instrumentalist and Dawn Richard collaborator’s new album will arrive on November 17 via Cascine.
The solo project of Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer will release SLSL: Naked, a collection mostly comprised of stripped-back versions of his own songs, on November 15.
The Brooklyn-based songwriter’s eighth record is set to arrive February 9 via 4AD.
The new album from the Detroit rap icon will arrive on November 17 via Warp Records.
The duo’s follow-up to the LP released earlier this year will arrive on December 1 via Rhymesayers.
The two Ben Gibbard–led groups’ co-headlining tour will wrap up on October 17 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Previous episodes of the series have featured other Random Access Memories collaborators including Panda Bear and DJ Falcon.
photo by David Iskra
The original version of the track was featured on the band’s recent Alpha Zulu LP.
Zach Condon’s new album Hadsel will arrive on November 10.
The new project will arrive on January 26 via Mom+Pop.
The trailer for the new film lands alongside expanded tour dates through 2024.
The track arrives shortly after a deluxe edition of the recently released MICHAEL LP.
In a brief Q&A, Will Miller shares how the new track fits into his forthcoming self-titled album, which arrives November 3 via International Anthem.
The Brooklyn-based trio’s second album is out now via Karma Chief/Colemine.
Proceeds from the track will pay the legal fees of people in Fjord Seyðisfjörður who are protesting the new fish farm in their area.
The new album from Dallon Weekes will arrive on February 23.
The track is featured on Burger Beats’ forthcoming album, 74: Out of Time.
The Fat Possum reissue will arrive on January 19.
