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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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
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MJ Lenderman, Manning Fireworks
The Wednesday guitarist’s third solo record is a staggering refinement of no-frills songwriting that swaps the bells-and-whistles novelties of its predecessor with something more muted.
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David Gilmour, Luck and Strange
Five albums into his solo career, the Pink Floyd guitarist broaches notions of mortality with a fresh sound more angled than we’re used to hearing from his endlessly floating solo catalog.
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The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin [25th Anniversary Zoetrope Edition]
This new two-disc reissue focuses less on bonus tracks and more on visual layout, as Wayne Coyne and designer Drew Tetz expand the trippy imagery of the iconic 1999 psych-rock opus.
FLOOD Staff
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Matthew Koma spins tracks by Madi Diaz, Lauren Mayberry, and more ahead of his band’s upcoming tour in support of their debut album Sha La La.
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Chapell Roan
Goth Babe, 21 Savage, Carly Rae Jepsen, Post Malone, Blondshell, Reneé Rapp, Rauw Alejandro, and more from Flushing Meadows Corona Park in NYC.
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In the middle of her tour of the Midwest, Siri Undlin plays “Quickest Way” from her latest LP Right On.
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Sylvan Esso
Plus pics of Dehd, Truth Club, Reyna Tropical, and Hippo Campus from the two-day festival at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in North Carolina, presented by Sylvan Esso and Psychic Hotline.
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Lil Wayne, Nas, André 3000, Jill Scott, BLK ODYSSY, and more from The Roots’ annual festival at The Mann at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
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Pics of the fans and festival grounds from the annual event at Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona.
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The Toronto jangle-pop duo shares photo highlights of memorable gigs, sandwiches, and solar eclipses, from their spring tour with Ratboys.
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The New Zealand–born songwriter plays singles “People Move On” and “Laps in the Drugstore” from her forthcoming sophomore album CARE/TAKING with LA’s skyline as a backdrop.
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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.
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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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Chappell Roan
Live pics and backstage portraits with The Revivalists, Blondshell, Royel Otis, The Heavy Heavy, and others from the annual fest at Harvard Athletic Complex.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Alvvays, Death Cab for Cutie, Gossip, Phantogram, Sleigh Bells, and more from the nostalgia-filled indie fest in Pasadena, CA.
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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.
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The GRAMMY-winning songwriter plays “Coffee” and “Orange” from her forthcoming The Bird EP.
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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.
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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.
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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.