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

John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory, Power to the People: The Ultimate Collection
Produced by Sean Ono Lennon, this nine-CD, three-Blu-ray set ties together his parents’ raw, grimy Some Time in New York City LP with a pair of shows at Madison Square Garden.

Princess Nokia, Girls
With her fourth album of punky and provocative raps, the Nuyorican artist is once again reimagining hip-hop as a dangerous place to be.

Blawan, SickElixir
A dense, monolithic collection, the English DJ’s true speaker-blower of a second album sits somewhere between industrial techno, post-dubstep, and IDM.
Zachary Weg

The Little Dragon vocalist talks striking out on her own with For You, an authentic and relatable journey through romance, motherhood, and resilience.

Damon McMahon talks staying authentic while protesting the old world order with Death Jokes, the songwriter’s first new album in six years.

Pianist and beatmaker Kiefer Shackelford shares how he finds beauty in music and reflects it in his own compositions.

Drummer Jack Bevan discusses the pure joy and spontaneous freedom that manifests on the group’s seventh album.

Sascha Ring discusses the journey leading up to the Berlin electronic trio’s first record in over half a decade.

The LA-based popsmith discusses how TikTok and his Haitian roots helped him create his own space amidst the teeming musical landscape.

The London-based songwriter discusses making the personal feel universal on his latest record, Don’t Forget to Look Up.