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

Shallowater, God’s Gonna Give You a Million Dollars
The Houston “dirtgaze” trio ruminate on our intolerable times with some of the quietest and slowest music—as well as the most deafening, distortion-filled cacophony—you’ll hear in 2025.

Ivy, Traces of You
Completing songs written during sessions with late bandmate Adam Schlesinger, this collection hearkens back to the airy spirit that made Ivy such a delight at a time when it was hip to be hopeless.

Big Thief, Double Infinity
Ditching the homespun folk-rock sound of their last record for otherworldly, jazz-infused transmissions, the group’s sixth LP is obsessed with the beauty and inefficiency of language.
FLOOD Staff

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The Last Dinner Party, Vampire Weekend, Atarashii Gakko!, Mannequin Pussy, A. G. Cook, Charli XCX, Ethel Cain, and much more from the Parc del Fòrum seafront grounds in Barcelona.

The LA-based folk songwriter tells us how to make “really easy and delicious” fish cakes ahead of the release of her third LP Eight Pointed Star this Friday.

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Live pics and backstage portraits with The Revivalists, Blondshell, Royel Otis, The Heavy Heavy, and others from the annual fest at Harvard Athletic Complex.

Coming off the release of his latest LP under the rap moniker, Rollercoaster, Rollie Pemberton performs the album cut “Exceptional” in front of the scenic natural backdrop.

Ahead of their FLOOD-sponsored set at the Hollywood Bowl on August 10, the trio was joined by John Carroll Kirby last night for their third and final sold-out set at Philly’s Metropolitan Opera House.

The Futurebirds keyboardist plays “Always Never You” and “Desperate Man” from his newly released solo record The Joke of Life, out now via Strolling Bones Records.

Sleigh Bells, Alvvays, Death Cab for Cutie, Gossip, Phantogram, and more from the nostalgia-filled indie fest in Pasadena, CA.

Ahead of her June 7 set at Governors Ball, Sabrina Teitelbaum takes over the station to play her favorite cuts by Joyce Manor, Rachel Chinouriri, Guided by Voices, and more.

The GRAMMY-winning songwriter plays “Coffee” and “Orange” from her forthcoming The Bird EP.

On the heels of their Coachella sets and a collaboration with PawPaw Rod, the LA-based duo’s radio takeover features music from Arthur Russell, Erykah Badu, LCD Soundsystem, and more.

The experimental pop group shared behind-the-scenes shots from their free show in Mexico City where they opened for Matador labelmates Interpol to a crowd of over 160,000.

The Lisbon-based rockers play “Stranger Anywhere” and “Marcy Avenue” to close out our subseries on the annual festival set on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

The radio takeover coincides with the duo’s reveal of a new album, Viva Hinds, and its lead single featuring Beck.

The Uganda-born, Austin-based songwriter is gearing up to release his debut album Flying Away on May 31 via Easy Eye Sound.

Death Cab for Cutie, Gossip, The War on Drugs, Phantogram, Tegan and Sara, Sleigh Bells, and more will also be playing at the fest on May 18 in Pasadena, CA.

Michael Cormier-O’Leary and his 13-piece live band crammed themselves onstage in Philly and Brooklyn last month ahead of the release of the project’s latest record, Ease the Work.

As they unveil their LA-themed “Days of the Week” video, the electronic duo also takes us behind the scenes of their festival experience where they linked with Busta Rhymes, Reggie Watts, and Blu De Tiger.

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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.

Expedia’s New Orleans Jazz Fest afterparty was held at The Joy Theater last Friday.

Following their set at Treefort Festival, LaFarge’s band sets up on the Boise River to play “One You, One Me” and “Run Run Run” from the forthcoming Rhumba Country LP.