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
Just Mustard, We Were Just Here
The Irish noise-rockers throw stones at their shoegaze glass castle on their third LP, a heavy-padded experiment in hypnosis that manages to channel a sense of euphoric mania.
Agriculture, The Spiritual Sound
The self-categorized “ecstatic black metal” outfit returns with a second album that’s just as singular and spectacular as their debut.
Alice Phoebe Lou, Oblivion
The South African indie-folk songwriter’s sixth album presents her at her most intimate and creative—yet still unknowable—as she traces the lines of isolation and transition.
Will Schube
Both tracks are accompanied by videos directed by Ben Mehlman.
New Blue Sun will arrive this Friday, November 17.
Zach Condon discusses how the Norwegian municipality that lends its name to his first LP since canceling his Gallipoli tour in 2019 plays into a new era of healing and self-discovery.
Said TLE founder Jared Mees of the signing, “Nisa is the best kind of enigma. Her songs are complex yet catchy.”
After playing the Foos’ But Here We Are single together on SNL last month, a 7-inch double A-side of the studio recording will arrive on December 29 following its digital release this Friday.
Luke Temple’s third record under the pseudonym is out now via Western Vinyl.
The reveal is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. PT.
The 11-track vinyl comp will arrive on Record Store Day Black Friday.
The band’s first album for Third Man Records will arrive on March 1.
The prolific jazz experimentalist shares the unique sounds that inspired his latest collection of improvised sax recordings.
The new track featuring the band’s original lineup will arrive ahead of an EP scheduled for release in February, as well as their postponed reunion tour.
Headliners include Blink-182, SZA, Paramore, and more.
Their new album Utopian is out today via Antifragile Music.
The track is the first single from the garage-rock revivalists’ forthcoming album All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, due out on March 8.
Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas, The Hives, and more will join the tour.
Mackenzie Scott’s sixth album What an enormous room will arrive on January 26 via Merge.
The song was co-written with Courtney Barnett and produced by Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.
The 52nd edition of the Danish non-profit event is scheduled to take place between June 29 and July 6.
The hyperpop pioneer merges worlds in fascinating, surprising ways on her sophomore LP, while still making sure her vision is honored throughout the sprawling project.
The duo’s fifth album, which features Christine and the Queens and production from Daniel Lopatin, will arrive on February 23 via Mom+Pop.
