With their new single “Love From the Other Side” out today, the French nu-disco sextet took us behind the scenes of their recent festival experience.
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Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: L’Impératrice at Coachella 2024
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Manou Milon
Ethan Hawke Is Building a Sandcastle
Words: Michael Frank
Photos: courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories
Art & Culture
10 Comedians to Catch at Netflix Is a Joke Festival 2024
Words: Melanie Robinson
Photos: courtesy of Netflix Is a Joke Festival
Backstage Camera RollEvents
Backstage Camera Roll: Flight Facilities at Coachella 2024
Words: FLOOD Staff
First Listen
Be Well Find Clarity on New Singles “A Tap I Can’t Turn Off” and “Without a Compass”
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Florian Mennicken
Playlist
S. Raekwon’s Three-Part Playlist for When You’re Feeling a Little Bit Crazy, a Little Bit Sad, and a Lot Bit in Love
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: POND Creative
illuminati hotties Share “Can’t Be Still,” Prep Fall North American Tour
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Shervin Lainez
Film + TV
Caroline Polachek Shares “Starburned and Unkissed” From I Saw the TV Glow Soundtrack
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Aidan Zamiri
First Listen
Bôa Look for Comfort on New Single “Beautiful & Broken”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Freddie Stisted
First ListenTrack by Track
Gloom Girl MFG Take Us Track by Track Through Their Explosive Polycrisis EP
Words: Mike LeSuer
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Global Jam with Anderson .Paak, Tank and the Bangas, and Bomba Estéreo
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Skylar Watkins
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Faye Webster Shares Live Version of “Lifetime” for Noise for Now Vol. 2 Abortion Access Comp
First Listen
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Crash a Quinceañera with a Cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U”
Charly Bliss Return with “Nineteen” Ahead of New LP Forever
Madlib Recruits Black Thought and Your Old Droog for “REEKYOD”
First Listen
Negative Shawdy Steps Into Her Own Groove on New Single “Dancing with the Lights Out”
First Look
5 Billion in Diamonds Dive Into the Existential Abyss with New Single “Waiting to Land”
Neighborhoods
Watch Pokey LaFarge Perform in Boise, Idaho for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Good Morning Perform in Melbourne, Australia for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Cucamaras Perform on the East River for “Neighborhoods: New Colossus”
Neighborhoods
Watch Roger Eno Perform in a Flint Field in Suffolk, England for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Mary Shelley Perform Outside Katz’s Deli for “Neighborhoods: New Colossus”
Neighborhoods
Watch Tish Melton Perform in Hermosa Beach, California for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
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Watch Coral Moons Perform Two Tracks for “Neighborhoods: New Colossus”
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Ethan Hawke Is Building a Sandcastle
Ahead of his new Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat, we spoke with the filmmaker about getting lost in acting roles, directing his daughter Maya, and the impermanence of legacies.
Words: Michael Frank
Photos: courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories
Iron & Wine: Trees Bearing the Fruit
In addition to capturing some behind-the-scenes moments from rehearsals for their upcoming tour, we connected with Sam Beam and a few members of his current backing band to discuss how Light Verse, his first album in seven years, came together.
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Portraits & rehearsal photos: Josh Darr
Breaking
Porij and the Beauty of Growth
The UK four-piece share how fury, love, and gender identity informed the flavor of their debut album Teething.
Words: Mike Wass
Photos: Eleanor Petry
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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 Pokey LaFarge Perform in Boise, Idaho for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Siouxsie Sioux and Iggy Pop Share Duet Version of “The Passenger”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Pooneh Ghana
First Listen
So Totally Shake Off Negative Thoughts on New Single “Strange Way”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Bek Martin
First Listen
Kiefer Announces New Live Album Something for Real, Shares Extended Version of “Cute”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Robb Klassen
Alvvays
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Austin Psych Fest 2024 with Alvvays, The Black Angels, Courtney Barnett, and More
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Daniel Cavazos
Iron & Wine: Trees Bearing the Fruit
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Portraits & rehearsal photos: Josh Darr
Billie Eilish / photo by Jamal Eid
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Do LaB at Coachella 2024 with Billie Eilish, Gryffin, SOFI TUKKER, and More
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photo: Jamal Eid, courtesy Do Lab
Breaking
Porij and the Beauty of Growth
Words: Mike Wass
Photos: Eleanor Petry
Christine and the Queens Returns with “rentrer chez moi“
Words: Will Schube
Painter: Eloïse Larbarbe-Lafon
First Listen
Hayes Noble Shares an Upbeat Take on Doomed Relationships with “Pushin’ On”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Rose Noble
Track by Track
Ellis Breaks Down Her Nomadic Indie-Pop LP no place that feels like Track by Track
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Stephanie Montani
Lil Uzi Vert / photo by Blair B. Brown
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Coachella 2024 Weekend Two with Lil Uzi Vert, Suki Waterhouse, Tyler, the Creator, and More
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photo: photo by Blair B. Brown
In Conversation
bbymutha on Avoiding Stasis with sleep paralysis
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Chris Campbell
Reviews
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Broadcast, Spell Blanket – Collected Demos 2006-2009
The first of two sets of hazy, unfinished recordings from the cult experimental pop band expected this year explores numerous sonic worlds within its lo-fi, homespun arrangements.
The Lemon Twigs, A Dream Is All We Know
The brotherly bubblegum duo continues to channel vintage pop figures ranging from Brian Wilson to Todd Rundgren on their fifth album of exquisite harmonies and contagious melodies.
Jon McKiel, Hex
Taking cues from dusty hip-hop beat tapes and ’60s psychedelia, the New Brunswick artist’s fourth album is full of understated hooks that crawl across your brain like a vine.
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