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

Andy Bell, Ten Crowns
The Erasure frontman works out something open and anthemic on his latest solo album, with producer Dave Audé adding subtler shades to his post-house pop mix.

Viagra Boys, viagr aboys
The Swedish post-punks’ fourth album combines half-assed humor with half-assed performances, filling in the void left by guitar-centric punk with demented synth tinkering.

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.
Will Schube

The Shellac and Big Black bandleader, who also worked with Nirvana, Low, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more, died last night at the age of 61.

With the Lush vocalist’s memoir out today in the US, her new group is gearing up to tour with support from Lol Tolhurst x Budgie.

Also listing blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, and Khruangbin as headliners, the festival is schedule for the weekends of October 4-6 and 11-13 in Zilker Park.

The run will begin on September 25 in Santa Ana.

The full film soundtrack will arrive on May 10 via A24.

With brilliant wit and scathing social commentary, the Canadian emcee’s sixth album takes the form of dance music passionately pleading for fair wages, a just world, and mutual respect.

The full benefit release will arrive on June 21.

The power-pop group’s third album will arrive on August 16 via Lucky Number.

Droog has also teased a full-length album with the legendary producer.

The post-punk icon’s first new recording in nearly a decade was recorded for an ice cream commercial.

The single’s music video was shot in Paris and Hanches.

With the ode to her inner child out now, the rapper talks pushing forward as an artist and settling down as a mother.

The actor/songwriter’s third album will arrive on May 31 via Mom+Pop.

The Sams’ third album as a duo will arrive on May 1 via Leaving Records.

The San Francisco fest is scheduled for the weekend of August 9.

The event scheduled for September 28 and 29 in Huntsville will also feature blink-182, Jane’s Addiction, and Ludacris.

The post-punk group’s LP will arrive on September 6 via Domino.

With her debut collection of drum and bass music, the English musician comments on the history of a multitude of subgenres in a way that’s never navel-gazey and always assured.

The royalties and donations collected by Eno’s nonprofit will be directed to threatened ecosystems around the world.

His third solo album will arrive on July 12 via Domino Records.