We were everywhere in 2023. We're honored to regularly feature some of the best music photographers in the country. This year, they captured a dizzying array of incredible live moments across the globe, from club dates with Weyes Blood and Turnstile, to arena shows with boygenius and Arctic Monkeys, to music festivals in Los Angeles (Just Like Heaven, Camp Flog Gnaw), San Francisco (Outside Lands, Portola), New York (Governors Ball), Austin (ACL, Levitation), Chicago (Lollapalooza, Riot Fest), Helsinki (Flow Festival), Mexico City (Corona Capital), Spain (Bilbao BBK Live), and beyond.
As challenging as it was to narrow down, here's 40 of our favorite images shot for FLOOD this year.
Weyes Blood at Brooklyn Steel, March 2023 / photo by Julia Drummond
Sudan Archives at FLOODfest at The Mohawk in Austin, TX. March 16, 2023. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Blondshell / photo by Skylar Watkins
Peaches at Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, CA. May 13, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
Ethel Cain at Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City, Utah. May 14, 2023. Photo by Christian Sarkine
Turnstile at Ottobar in Baltimore, MD. May 15, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins.
Gary Numan at Cruel World in Pasadena, CA. May 20, 2023. Photo by Kevin Allen
Anderson .Paak (aka DJ Pee Wee) at Levi’s 501 Experience in Sand Francisco, CA. May 18, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
boygenius at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA. June 20, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins
The Smile at ACL Live at The Moody Theatre in Austin, TX. June 25, 2023. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
IDLES at Bilbao BBK Live in Spain. July 8, 2023. Photo by Joshua Mellin
Jockstrap at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL. July 23, 2023. Photo by Kevin Allen
Animal from the Muppets with My Morning Jacket at Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI. July 28, 2023. Photo by Joshua Mellin
The Flaming Lips at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA. August 5, 2023. Photo by David Iskra
SOFI TUKKER
Rina Sawayama at Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL. August 6, 2023. Photo by Christian Sarkine
Maggie Rogers at Outside Lands in San Francisco, CA. August 13, 2023. Photo by Mallory Turner
Lorde at Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland. August 12, 2023. Photo by Joshua Mellin
Beck, Weyes Blood, and Phoenix’s Thomas Mars at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland. September 10, 2023. Photo by David Iskra
The Cure at Riot Fest in Chicago, IL. September 17, 2023. Photo by Kevin Allen
Arctic Monkeys at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. September 18, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins
Mitski at The Town Hall in New York, NY. September 26, 2023. Skylar Watkins
Janelle Monáe at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NY. September 26, 2023. Photo by David Iskra
Fans at Portola Music Festival in San Francisco, CA. October 1, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
Lana Del Rey at All Things Go at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Photo by Julia Drummond
Julien Baker (boygenius) at Madison Squuare Garden. October 2, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins
Foo Fighters
Yeah Yeah Yeahs at ACL Music Festival in Austin, TX. October 15, 2023. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Bethany Cosentino at Sound Exchange’s 20th Anniversary at the Sun Rose in Los Angeles, CA. October 17, 2023. Photo by the1point8
Amyl and the Sniffers at Levitation in Austin, TX. October 28, 2023. Photo by Kenn Box
Kendrick Lamar (The Hillbillies) at Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles, CA. November 11, 2023 Photo by Wilson Lee
PinkPantheress at Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles, CA. November 11, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
Tyler, The Creator at Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles, CA. November 11, 2023 Photo by Wilson Lee
Pulp at Corona Capital in Mexico City, Mexico. November 17, 2023. Photo by Annie Lesser
Blur at Corona Capital in Mexico City, Mexico. November 18, 2023. Photo by Annie Lesser
DEVO fans at Darker Waves in Huntington Beach, CA. November 18, 2023 Photo by Wilson Lee
The Regrettes’ final show at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Dec 21, 2023. Photo by Steve Appleford
