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

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.

Cory Hanson, I Love People
The Wand frontman’s fourth solo outing confronts American grift culture with hope and a communal spirit, as his backing players seem to prevent him from turning inward and catastrophizing.

Ethel Cain, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
The prequel to Preacher’s Daughter helps sprawl Hayden Silas Anhedönia’s narrative out even further while dialing up the intensity of her droning slowcore/shoegaze textures.
Will Schube

Michelle Zauner’s new LP For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) is out March 21.

The Canadian punks’ fifth album will arrive on May 2 via Little Dipper/Rise Records.

The month-long set of dates begins on July 15 in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Is will arrive on March 21 via ATO.

New single “Everything Is Peaceful Love” will arrive on Friday with a music video directed by John Wilson.

In our latest digital cover story, the LA-based songwriter details her music’s evolution into a full-band affair while bringing an equally communal focus to the open-ended subject matter explored on her proper debut album with her backing band The Attachment Theory.

The singer was known for her collaborations with The Flaming Lips before her tragic passing last year.

Only the Singer, the new album from Garcia Peoples bassist Andy Cush, will arrive on February 28.

The collection was organized by Kevin Haskins and Nick Launay.

First single “Earth 1” arrives with a music video directed by bandleader Ruban Nielson.

The original version of the track was featured on the singer’s 2024 EP Sophcore.

TORRES and Julien Baker will join the band at Red Rocks in May.

Local Natives, Dawes, Madi Diaz, The War on Drugs, Interpol, Toro y Moi, My Morning Jacket, and many more contributed songs to the collection, which will be available for 24 hours only this Friday.

Out now via Stones Throw, the soul icon’s third solo record was produced by Nick Hakim and features recent collaborator John Carroll Kirby.

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman also has some solo gigs coming up.

The track will be featured on the duo’s 28th album, MAD!

Their new album Welcome to My Blue Sky will arrive on April 4 via Polyvinyl.

Send a Prayer My Way will arrive on April 18 via Matador.

The expanded edition of the producer’s second solo LP is out now.

The new single “Drop” lands ahead of the album’s release on April 18 via Sub Pop.