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

Ahead of their tour with Fontaines D.C., the London-based rockers share an eerie interpolation of Tony Basil’s “Hey Mickey.”

After teasing the project with a mysterious visual yesterday, the rapper shares that his new album will arrive on October 28.

The Chicago trio’s tour kicks off this week in Canada.

Co-produced with Kenny Segal, Lower is out January 24 via Thirty Tigers.

The Animal Collective member’s latest solo record will arrive February 28 via Domino.

The producer known for his work with Danny Brown, Sudan Archives, and Open Mike Eagle shares how the OSTs from Uncut Gems, Blade Runner, and more helped shape his new solo album.

His new LP Mahashmashana will arrive on November 22 via Sub Pop.

The Yellowjackets actress walks us through the five tracks that make up her art-pop musical debut.

The capital-letter resisting artist will share her new album liminal space on November 1 via AWAL.

The debut album from Black Midi’s ringleader feels stripped of the serious context from which its sound would normally exist—yet it mostly works due to how fully he commits to the bit.

The band’s first album in 16 years will arrive on November 1.

MJ Lenderman, Fleet Foxes, and Sylvan Esso are among the other artists featured on the 135-song Cardinals at the Window, with all proceeds benefitting Hurricane Helene relief.

The forthcoming physical edition of the expanded album will come with a bonus 7-inch.

A video for the track arrives ahead of an unannounced 2025 full-length LP.

The new edition is set to arrive on November 15 via Rhymesayers.

The track follows August’s “Garmonbozia.”

The expanded version of the album will arrive on November 1.

The alt-R&B songwriter shares how healing, going indie, and Sufjan Stevens helped shape his third album, Zinc..

The LA-based alt-folk artist will share the new project on November 1.

The collection of hits will arrive on vinyl and CD on November 8.