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

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.

BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.

Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
FLOOD Staff

The NYC indie rockers covertly played their new single “Sunset Vision” on a tour bus running along the West Side Highway.

Ethel Cain at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA / photo by Skylar Watkins
The songwriter brought “The Childish Behavior Tour” to the amphitheatre in the hills of Griffith Park on Saturday night.

On the heels of new album VISITOR released last week, Pete Lawrie Winfield tells stories and spins tunes from DJ Shadow, Run the Jewels, Aphex Twin, Sly and the Family Stone, and more.

The NYC dance-punk group takes us behind the scenes of their trip to Spain, where they recently played their first-ever Primavera set.

Plus backstage shots of Dashboard Confessional, Milky Chance, Neil Frances, Taking Back Sunday, Trousdale, and others from the annual festival in Manchester, Tennessee.

Megan Thee Stallion
Plus Maggie Rogers, Reneé Rapp, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cage the Elephant, and more from The Farm in Manchester, Tennessee.

The LA-based songwriter sings “Willing & Able” from his recently released debut project Something Burning at the historic nonprofit African-American women’s organization.

Bill Nace, Gordon’s collaborator in Body/Head, opened the evening.

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.

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.

In the middle of her tour of the Midwest, Siri Undlin plays “Quickest Way” from her latest LP Right On.

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.

Lil Wayne, Nas, André 3000, Jill Scott, BLK ODYSSY, and more from The Roots’ annual festival at The Mann at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.

Pics of the fans and festival grounds from the annual event at Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona.

The Toronto jangle-pop duo shares photo highlights of memorable gigs, sandwiches, and solar eclipses, from their spring tour with Ratboys.

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.

Lana Del Rey at Primavera Sound credit Daniel Cavazos
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.

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.

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.