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

Julien Baker & TORRES, Send a Prayer My Way
Baker and Mackenzie Scott’s debut pop-country collaboration is made up of a nuanced and emotionally kinetic set of hangdog story-songs that wear their nudie suits with pride.

Mamalarky, Hex Key
The psych-pop quartet are churning out some of the most clear-headed fuzz rock of their career, meeting inner turmoil with a funkified grace on their third album.

Beirut, A Study of Losses
Zach Condon’s 18-song epic commissioned by a Swedish circus and inspired by a German book about cultural loss marks his most exploratory album since his Balkan indie-folk days.
FLOOD Staff

The LA-via-Dublin songwriter gives an acoustic performance of his latest single “Lay Me by Your Side.”

The poster featuring the photography of Carianne Older is on sale now, with all proceeds benefitting the nonprofit organization’s work supporting trans people in crisis.

The bedroom-funk duo plays “Somethin’ Somethin’” and “Better the Devil” from their recent LP There It Goes in homage to the legendary fast-food totem.

With a new album on the horizon and an opening slot for The Used later this month, the Minneapolis punks share some photo highlights from their March tour with Skating Polly.

Enter now to win tickets to see the duo’s return to LA with opener Sophie Hunter.

Ahead of the release of their sophomore album this week, the French trio share their favorite record stores, bathhouses, clothing spots, and more within the city that inspired Grand Voyage.

The band is in the midst of a headlining North American tour in support of their second album, No Obligation.

Edmonton-based songwriter Lauren Gillis gives a piano performance of “Too Soon For Sorry” and “True Devotion” from the roof of Noble Street Studios while visiting the Ontario city.

Hosted by festival co-founder Allen Scott of Another Planet Entertainment, this week’s “Hacked” features tunes from the slate of artists playing this year’s event in Golden Gate Park.

The NYC trio shares behind-the-scenes photos from their show in Paris earlier this year on their tour with Cage the Elephant.

The Swedish punk icons are in the midst of their farewell tour.

Ella Coyes plays the title track from their upcoming sophomore LP Believer, out this Friday via Royal Mountain.

The Breeders’ leader performed with a 10-piece backing band that included string and horn sections.

The Australian band plays “Love Is Off the Table” while touring last year’s Enough of the Sweet Talk LP.

The Spanish indie rockers kicked off the second leg of their Viva Hinds tour in Los Angeles over the weekend.

On the heels of his new solo LP, The Walkmen frontman spins tracks by Beach House, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, and more.

A$AP Rocky
Sexyy Red, Destroy Lonely, Ken Carson, and more from the world’s biggest hip-hop festival’s Los Angeles edition.

Grace Bowers, Confidence Man, Mon Rovîa, Ivan Cornejo, and more from the three-day pop-up experience in Austin.

The French songwriter plays “Fusées” and “Partout” from her new album De l’autre côté while visiting LA for the first time.

Plus Gurriers, Baths, Wishy, Sedona, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Delivery, and Cardinals from backstage at the Mohawk.