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

Tame Impala, Deadbeat
Despite finding inspiration in house music and the birth of his daughter, Kevin Parker’s fifth album is largely defined by a conflict between past and present.

Sudan Archives, The BPM
Brittney Parks’ inventive third album channels the electronic musical lineage of Chicago and Detroit by combining house, techno, and footwork with broader sounds like hyperpop and IDM.

The Last Dinner Party, From the Pyre
The Londoners’ second LP doubles down on the ’70s pomp for another ornate, big-budget collection of orchestral glam rock that, despite its flair, doesn’t leave a lasting impression.
FLOOD Staff

The much-discussed Brooklyn band were joined in Chicago by openers Racing Mount Pleasant.

Following the release of his solo single “Telephone Games” last week, Sim spins tracks by Pet Shop Boys, Oklou, The Durutti Column, and more.

The recently reunited band brought their “Sometimes When You’re On, You’re Really F**cking On Tour” to the hills of Griffith Park for a hometown show this week.

With his second LP out today, Nacho Cano gives an acoustic performance of the single from a friend’s rehearsal space.

Behind the scenes shots with Spacey Jane, Pierce the Veil, Alemeda, Hotline TNT, and more from Zilker Park.

Peter Bjorn and John’s Peter Morén plays “Last Night on the Mountain” on a mountain in the Swedish city’s Södermalm neighborhood.

Plus more live shots and festival atmosphere with Magdalena Bay, Car Seat Headrest, Joey Valence & Brae, and more.

The electronic pop duo spin tracks by Justice, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk, and more in the lead-up to the release of their fourth album, Blink, this Friday.

Crowd shots from Zilker Park taken throughout the festival’s first weekend.

The Australian indie-folk songwriter plays his track “Tell Me Something” outside of the BLNK Music studio on the island of Södermalm.

Magdalena Bay, Djo, Phantogram, Joey Valence & Brae, Cage the Elephant, and more from weekend one in Zilker Park.

Following the release of the synthwave duo’s new album Syndicate last Friday, Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan spin tracks by The Police, Ethel Cain, Empire of the Sun, and more.

The New York stop of her “Ultrasound World Tour” featured support from The Japanese House and Chanel Beads.

The LA alt-rockers share highlights from their afternoon in NYC ahead of an impromptu show with Been Stellar at Night Club 101.

The Who Is the Sky? tour hit New York City last night for the first of two hometown shows.

Plus, behind the scenes shots with The Aces, Sarah Kinsley, Alemeda, Maude Latour, Goldie Boutilier, and Sunday (1994) at Forest Hills Stadium.

The Chicago trio shares a photo recap of their August dates in the Midwest and on the West Coast with Godcaster.

The songwriter plays her recent single “I Tried” while cruising through the LA suburbs.

Model/Actriz
The Sword, The Raveonettes, Boy Harsher, Martin Rev, and others from Austin’s annual festival celebrating psych rock and beyond.

Doechii
The Marías, Remi Wolf, Lola Young, The Last Dinner Party, Blondshell, Paris Poloma, and more from Forest Hills Stadium.