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First Look
Layne Staley’s Lost Journals Reopened in New Book This Angry Pen of Mine
Words: Tina Benitez-Eves
Images Courtesy: Weldon Owen
Charlotte Gainsbourg Cruises Mulholland Drive in “Blurry Moon” Video Directed by Anthony Vaccarello
Words: Randy Bookasta
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múm Walk Us Through the Stitched-Together Tapestry of Their Return LP History of Silence
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jennifer Medina
Neighborhoods
Watch Your Smith Perform in Stillwater, Minnesota for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Madonna Makes Her Return to Warner Records After Nearly Two Decades Away
Words: Kim March
Photo: Ricardo Gomes
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Coheed and Cambria at the Coca-Cola Roxy
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Photos: Donny Evans
Robert Finley Pays Tribute to the Most High on New Single “I Wanna Thank You”
Words: Will Schube
Pavement Announce New Best-of Collection Hecklers Choice
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Michael Wong
Watch Gab Ferreira Perform Stripped-Down Versions of Two Songs for “FLOOD Sessions”
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Ted Lasso Actor James Lance Stars in Midlake’s “Days Gone By” Video
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Rocket Share “Another Second Chance” Ahead of New LP R Is for Rocket
bar italia Write One for the Birds on New Single “Rooster”
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St. Panther Imagines a Future Beyond Our Strange World on New Single with Rae Khalil
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Live, in Photos: Sea.Hear.Now 2025 with LCD Soundsystem, Public Enemy, TV on the Radio, and More
Rufus and Martha Wainwright Will be Joined by Beck, Lucy Dacus, and More for Hooray for Hollydays Celebration
Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy Announce Tour Celebrating R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant
Neighborhoods
Watch Your Smith Perform in Stillwater, Minnesota for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Gab Ferreira Perform Stripped-Down Versions of Two Songs for “FLOOD Sessions”
Neighborhoods
Watch Matt Maeson Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
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Watch Haerts Play “The Lie” at Home in Pasadena for “FLOOD Sessions”
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Watch Foxtide Perform in San Luis Obispo for “Neighborhoods: Shabang”
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Film + TV
Kogonada on Restoring the Possibility of Romance with A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
The filmmaker discusses the magical realism of his latest movie, working with Joe Hisaishi, and how anime influenced his vision.
Words: Adam Davidson
Photos: courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Parcels Are Going the Extra Mile
With the release of their latest LP LOVED, the Australian electropop quintet tells us how they balance a hectic tour schedule with the unique challenges each new record presents.
Words: Harry Levin
Photos : Drew Wheeler
Digital Cover
Wolf Alice: New Beginnings
In our latest digital cover story, the London quartet discuss coming into their own on their fourth album and major-label debut, The Clearing.
Words: Melanie Robinson
Photos: Shervin Lainez
Makeup: Shain Kish
Hair: Cherry Le
Additional photos: Tanner Deutsch, Harriet Bols, Alice Beckham
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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
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The Los Angeles Issue
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.
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Neighborhoods
Watch Matt Maeson Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Film + TV
Kogonada on Restoring the Possibility of Romance with A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Words: Adam Davidson
Photos: courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G to Headline Coachella 2026
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Wilson Lee
First Listen
Living Hour Overcome Perfectionism on New Single “Best I Did It”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Matt Horseman
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: My Chemical Romance at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Bella Peterson
Thundercat Returns with New Double Single, Including a Remi Wolf Collaboration
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Neil Krug
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Join Portola Festival Founder Danny Bell This Week on a Special Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photo: Wilson Lee
Film + TV
Mitski Shares Teaser for New Concert Film The Land
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Lexie Alley
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Rezz’s Psychedelic New Album As the Pendulum Swings
Words: Kim March
Photo: Matt Barnes
Parcels Are Going the Extra Mile
Words: Harry Levin
Photos : Drew Wheeler
Track by Track
Raquel Martins Walks Us Through the Idealized World of London, When Are U Gonna Feel Like Home?
Words: Will Schube
First Listen
Gorillaz Announce Ninth Album The Mountain, Share Sparks Collab “The Happy Dictator”
Words: Lyndsey Parker
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Watch almost monday Perform in San Luis Obispo for “Neighborhoods: Shabang”
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Cardi B, Am I the Drama?
Despite its VIP guest list, the rapper’s second album is less velvet-rope affair than down-to-earth contemplation, a pavement-to-penthouse-and-back-again journey through love and hip-hop.
Suede, Antidepressants
Rising with the recent wave of Britpop revivalism, the London outfit’s post-punky tenth album is an absolute dark delight that bristles with tension and post-apocalyptic energy.
Nation of Language, Dance Called Memory
The electronic trio’s Sub Pop debut is both introspective and danceable, combining the languid, mellow tendencies of its predecessor with the more pop-infused style of their earlier work.
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