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.
Flying Lotus, Spirit Box
This five-song EP offers a sense of where Steven Ellison’s futuristic agenda lies in 2024: between the breezy fusion-funk of the 1970s and the discoid, bouncy house music of the ’80s.
Tyler, the Creator, Chromakopia
Whether tenderly crooned or roughly rapped, whether stoically alone or with a crew of features, the songs on the rapper’s eighth LP find him calling into question his past, present, and future.
The Cure, Songs of a Lost World
The lyrical doom and gloom that matches the music’s slowed, metallic, ethereal ambience on the band’s first record in 16 years focuses very pointedly on true death.
FLOOD Staff
Security guards handed out tissues during their emotional, whirlwind performance.
The dance and electronic music festival returned to San Francisco with Jai Paul, Jockstrap, Thundercat, Little Simz, Underworld, and many more.
The two-day festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion also featured Ethel Cain, Alvvays, MUNA, Alex G, Samia, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more.
Backstage portraits and live pics with Underworld, LP Giobbi, Basement Jaxx, HAAi, and more from Waterfront Park in San Diego
The Americana-inspired duo performs “Gas Station Light” and “Oh, Lord!” for our special series shot around the city’s annual Øya Festival.
Monáe kicked off her Age of Pleasure tour at the iconic NY venue this week.
She performed her new album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We in full at the intimate venue in Midtown Manhattan.
Nanna Øland Fabricius gives an acoustic performance of the romantic tune from her new LP Loop Soup on the day before her wedding.
Leading up to the fest this weekend, the event’s creator spins The Chemical Brothers, SBTRKT, Jai Paul, and more.
The post-punk group performs “The Third Part of the Night” and “Persona” for our special series shot around the city’s annual Øya Festival.
The bands are in the midst of their North American arena tour.
PUP, The Dresden Dolls, Cults, Pinkshift, Olivia Jean, Jehnny Beth, White Reaper, Origami Angel, and more backstage from Chicago’s Douglass Park.
Shots of Death Grips, Viagra Boys, The Breeders, Kim Gordon, and, yes, Insane Clown Posse from Douglass Park in Chicago.
Jordan Lee and friends perform a recent single from the NYC-based songwriter’s forthcoming album Growing at the Edges.
The Asbury Park, NJ festival co-founded by photographer Danny Clinch also featured Sunflower Bean, Sheryl Crow, Royal Blood, and more.
The alt-pop songwriter’s latest album MONO arrived last week via Giant Music.
The songwriter’s new collection of cover songs Inuktitut—named after the language she’s translated each song into—is out now via Bonsound.
The English singer/songwriter’s sold-out US tour hit Austin this week.
Indie-soul songwriter Christian Beharie plays “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?” and “Heaven” for our special series shot around the city’s annual Øya Festival.
The third night of the indie-rock icons’ stint in LA will feature an opening set by Emile Mosseri.