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

M(h)aol, Something Soft
On their second LP, the Dublin trio weave through belligerent post-punk and quasi-industrial aesthetics, manipulating song structures and having fun with atonal soundscapes.

Ezra Furman, Goodbye Small Head
A glitchy folk-punk opera like a pastoral take on Lou Reed’s Berlin, the songwriter’s quivering-yet-empowered latest sees her knocked down—but never knocked out.

Youth Code, Yours, with Malice
The EBM duo continues to test new waters with their debut EP for metalcore label Sumerian, inviting experimentation on each of these five bone-rattling recordings.
Will Schube

The band’s last gig is set for November 29.

The former Das Racist emcee has also launched a brand called Veena.

Whereas their debut was all power-pop choruses and group sing-alongs, the LA-based art-rock troupe’s follow-up is much more insular, nervy, and contemplative.

The band will call it quits after one last run of shows in Japan in March.

The band’s NYC concert to celebrate the release is free…if your name has a “Daniel” in it.

The new series from the Long Beach rapper will premiere on February 15 on Netflix.

The Big Thief frontperson’s new album will arrive on March 22 via 4AD.

Boeckner! will arrive on March 15 via Sub Pop.

The noise-rock icon’s new album will arrive March 8 via Matador Records.

Originally self-released in 2018 and 2019, respectively, the South London post-punks will reissue the projects on March 8 via 4AD.

The New York festival is set for the weekend of June 6 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.

The intoxicating blend of R&B, soul, and hip-hop on the Virginia-born, Colombia-bred songwriter’s fourth album bridges the gap between indie spirit and overtly radio-friendly pop music.

The Irish band’s forthcoming album Madra will arrive on January 26 via Fair Youth/Atlantic.

The Atlanta-based songwriter’s follow-up to 2021’s I Know I’m Funny haha will arrive on March 1 via Secretly Canadian.

The forthcoming album from the Dinosaur Jr. frontman will arrive on February 2 via Sub Pop.

The artist’s third album—which features Blood Orange, Shygirl, and They Hate Change—will arrive on February 21 via 4AD.

The visual stars Inga Petry, who uses her TikTok platform to spread awareness for the disabled community.

The new collaborative album is set to arrive on February 16 via Suicide Squeeze Records.

The track arrives after The xx’s Romy recently confirmed the band was working on new music.

The festival is set for the weekend of June 13 in Manchester, Tennessee.