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

Tame Impala, Deadbeat
Despite finding inspiration in house music and the birth of his daughter, Kevin Parker’s fifth album is largely defined by a conflict between past and present.

Sudan Archives, The BPM
Brittney Parks’ inventive third album channels the electronic musical lineage of Chicago and Detroit by combining house, techno, and footwork with broader sounds like hyperpop and IDM.

The Last Dinner Party, From the Pyre
The Londoners’ second LP doubles down on the ’70s pomp for another ornate, big-budget collection of orchestral glam rock that, despite its flair, doesn’t leave a lasting impression.
Will Schube

The Charlotte emcee and MAVI collaborator walks us through the freestyles and narrative-driven opuses of his latest project.

The conceptual new project from Yoni Wolf is out now via Waterlines.

His new LP, Album of the Year #1 Funkateer, will arrive on October 25.

The LP features Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, and Buzzy Lee.

The epic, eight-minute “Greyhound” lands ahead of the band’s self-titled record, which is set to be released on September 13.

Sophie Allison’s sixth album will arrive on October 25 via Loma Vista.

Lindsey Jordan recorded the song for I Saw the TV Glow.

Greatish Hits will arrive on August 16 via Sub Pop.

No Name has been randomly appearing in shoppers’ bags at Third Man Records over the past week.

The producer’s new album will arrive on September 20 via Young.

The song marks the songwriter’s first new recording in seven years.

The duo’s newly announced album Planet Pearl will arrive via Stones Throw on September 20.

Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore share how their first album in eight years is a celebration of the project’s history—and an optimistic look at their future.

The Canadian art-punk collective talk balancing “juvenile delinquency with a sense of mature introspection” on their third record, out now via Jagjaguwar.

The new project from Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring and Icky Reels will arrive on October 16.

The event is scheduled for July 26 in the East Village.

The track is set to be featured on Maia’s soon-to-be-announced third album.

The hardcore heroes’ sixth LP will arrive on October 11 via Rise Records.

The album originally released in 2019 will be reissued on September 20.

The annual event is set for August 28 through September 6.