I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds like a cool new magazine.
http://www.lagmag.com/what.html Issue #1 is nearly complete! We are looking at a release date in early March. All the content for both the magazine and the record has been assembled, the design is well underway, and the record is being mastered and pressed as I write this.
Here is what you can expect:
Essays & Short Stories by Chuck Klosterman, Rennie Sparks, Paul Deppler, Mark Borchardt, Keith Pille, Ben Blackwell, Steve Hyden, Abbie Jarman, and Rebecca Woolf.
Features and/or Interviews with Robert Pollard, Craig Finn, Emil Beaulieu, The Wrens, The Long Winters, Mates of State, Jay Ryan, and AFrames.
Bands Interviewing Bands with Alias vs. Dosh, and Kiki Yablon of The Dishes vs. Tom "Zippy" Caplan of The Litter/(White) Lightning.
Illustrations by Jay Ryan, Clay Weiner, Geoff Haas, and Tyler Stout.
A 12? RECORD containing exclusive songs in the following order...
Side A:
The Hold Steady - Curves and Nerves
Iron & Wine - Morning
Mel Gibson & The Pants - Something of a Barn Burner
(no, not that Mel Gibson)
Side B:
Alias - Kill My Television
The Wrens - Stands For Love v.3 or 4 (Faster Gun Demo)
The Deaths - Can't Take You Anywhere
http://www.lagmag.com/issue.html
Two of the editors are from
www.aestheticapparatus.com