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 Dirty Nil, The Lash
Harrowing and fun in equal measure, the Ontario groups’ fifth record is a deliberate return to their raw punk ’n’ roll roots with a newfound sense of vulnerability lying beneath all the noise.

Nick Drake, The Making of Five Leaves Left
Meant to tell a deeper story behind the songwriter’s 1969 debut, each demo, outtake, and alternate version on this 4-LP set radiates the piecemeal feel of a novice grasping his way through a new endeavor.

Stars of the Lid, Music for Nitrous Oxide [30 Year Anniversary]
Released for the first time on vinyl, the Austin drone duo’s dark, raw debut elicits awe, wonder, and terror all at once as it confronts listeners with the darker aspects of existence.
Will Schube

The project from the underground heroes will drop on February 14 via POW Recordings.

The band’s fifth record will arrive May 10 via Fat Possum.

The five-day event featuring over 400 artists is scheduled for March 20-24 in downtown Boise.

Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense will also include covers by Lorde, Toro y Moi, The National, Jean Dawson, and more.

I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! will arrive April 12 via Columbia Records, with lead single “Too Much” preceding it on February 9.

“We are delighted to have such an award bestowed upon the first Irish language film at Sundance,” the titular band said.

In our latest digital cover story, the London-based rockers discuss making their generation-defining vision clear with their debut album Prelude to Ecstasy.

The band’s US run will begin on June 19 in Boston.

On his Def Jam debut, the Buffalo artist positions himself as a superstar emcee both within his crew and among rap greats, using Griselda as an assist rather than a crutch.

The new record from Lorely Rodriguez will arrive on March 22.

The video premiered on go-to anime destination Crunchyroll.

The band’s new album will arrive on May 10 vis Easy Eye Sound.

The duo also shared another new single entitled “Generator” from their first record in eight years.

Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm will arrive in New York on May 3.

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.