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
Danny Brown, Stardust
Further exploring keening EDM and wobbly house music, the newly drug-free rapper still insists that the low-lit dance floors be filled, and that the sweaty energy be high and mighty.
The Mountain Goats, Through the Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Whether or not it represents John Darnielle’s earnest Broadway aspirations, the indie-folk band’s 23rd LP stands out for its amped-up orchestration and sweeping grandeur.
The Mynabirds, It’s Okay to Go Back If You Keep Moving Forward
Laura Burhenn’s fifth album strips the project down to its piano core as she revisits old songs from her discography through a more introspective lens.
Will Schube
The duo’s new album is set to arrive on September 6.
Chaz Bear’s eighth album will arrive on September 6 via Dead Oceans.
The artist’s piano-focused sophomore album, Songs for Linnéa, will arrive on September 13 via his own label.
The Austin band’s debut album will arrive on July 12 via Acrophase Records.
The Zombies – Photography by ALEX LAKE insta @twoshortdays WWW.TWOSHORTDAYS.COM
The eight-episode series highlighting a bizarre chapter in rock history is set to air on July 11.
Indoor Safari, the new project from the singer and his band Los Straitjackets, will arrive on September 13.
The Memphis rapper recruited his brother to co-direct the track’s moving music video.
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge once again work as true embodiments of yin and yang to conjure immaculate vibes eight years after their collaborative debut.
Emcees Curly Castro and PremRock, along with the album’s producer Controller 7, walk us through the duo’s third full-length, out now via Backwoodz.
The abortion access benefit comp will arrive on June 21.
Sophie Allison has been performing the song on her stripped-back solo tour.
Sarah Tudzin will release her third album on August 23 via Hopeless Records.
The new record will arrive on September 20 via Neon Gold/Atlantic.
The duo’s new album, Cellophane Memories, is set to arrive on August 2 via Sacred Bones.
The new release features tracks recorded during their sessions for last year’s The Twits LP.
Greg Gonzalez will share his new album X’s on July 12.
The re-release of Mike Hadreas’ third album will arrive on September 20 via Matador Records.
With his cohesive new LP out now, Uncle Neph shares how artists ranging from Tony Yayo to Johnnie Taylor to Mary J. Blige influenced his sound.
The follow-up to the DMV rapper’s To What End LP from last year is out today via Outer Note.
The London-based artist’s new project will arrive on June 20 via Young Records.
