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

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.

The Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.
Will Schube

Available on vinyl for the first time since its 2002 release, this reissue invites us to reconsider the merits of the tracklist supporting the underground emcee’s breakout single.

The FLOODfest 2024 alumni’s new album will arrive this Friday via Sacred Bones.

The track will be featured on the soul legend’s new LP, Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th Street.

Roberto Carlos Lange shares how a move to North Carolina helped him break from his prior discography—while still staying moored to his established musical persona.

The Londoner’s Jadu Heart–assisted new record is out now via Secretly Canadian.

Annie Clark also revealed that Spoon, Yves Tumor, Eartheater, Dorian Electra, and Momma will all join her on select dates for the first leg of her All Born Screaming North American tour.

The new covers album will be released via A24 Music (what don’t those folks do?!).

The track comes with a visualizer starring rapper Despot.

The artist’s new album will arrive on April 5 via City Slang.

The iconic songwriter and collaborator will share his new album on June 14.

The track is out now via Partisan Records.

The group’s latest project will arrive on May 3 via Matador Records.

The star-studded record—also including Faye Webster, The War on Drugs, and Julia Jacklin, among others—will arrive on June 21.

Balancing airy synths and bubbling low-end, the LA-based experimentalist reflects on the highs and lows of the human experience on her latest complex project.

The alt-pop singer’s new album Big Ideas will arrive July 12 via Island Records

It was recently announced that the Norwegian artist will take the stage at Glastonbury this summer, in addition to a handful of other international festival appearances.

The American Association of Independent Music, Inc. has also nominated Wednesday, L’Rain, and more.

The album will also feature tracks with Tame Impala, Thundercat, and Connan Mockasin.

Featuring new remixes from DJ Python and Real Lies, the 2023 release marked the first collaboration from Temple of Angels’ Bre Morell and Weekend’s Shaun Durkan.

The artist’s new album Rio Bravo will arrive on March 29 via La Honda Records.