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The Los Angeles Issue

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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Preoccupations, Ill at Ease

The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum

Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth

Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.
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Max Richter photo from Facebook

Let Composer Max Richter Lull You to “Sleep”

The eight-hour piece is said to be the longest neoclassical composition ever recorded.

June 17, 2015

Neil Young press photo / by Pegi Young

Art & Culture
Neil Young Not Happy With Donald Trump’s Use of “Rockin’ in the Free World”

Young offers paragraph-long Re•Ac•Tion

June 17, 2015

Pavement photo from Spiral Stairs Archive

Pavement Prep Five-Volume Rarities Compilation

The Secret History Volume 1 Double LP out August 11 on Matador

June 17, 2015
Art & CulturePlaylistStaff Picks
“A Man of Genius Makes No Mistakes”: A Joycean Playlist Just in Time for Bloomsday 2015

“I think of you so often you have no idea.”

June 16, 2015
LISTEN: Rock Band Media Jeweler Premiere “Autopilot”

Say “aloha” to the group’s debut LP, $99 R/T Hawaii.

June 16, 2015

Ratatat “Abrasive” video still

WATCH: Ratatat Stay Between the Lines in “Abrasive” Video

Video comprised of 4,000 hand-drawn illustrations by the band’s E.VAX

June 16, 2015

Run The Jewels / photo by Jasmine Safaeian

Killer Mike Enters State Representative Race in Georgia [UPDATED]

One-time community organizer and full-time Jewel Runner Killer Mike has never been afraid to take politicians to task. Now he’s putting himself…

June 15, 2015
Art & CultureEvents
Micucci Made This: Kate Micucci Takes Over the FLOOD Gallery for the Week

A recap of the multi-talented actress’s first art show with photos from the busy, fun-filled opening party

June 15, 2015

Father John Misty “I Love You Honeybear” video

WATCH: Father John Misty Goes to the Brink in “I Love You Honeybear” Video

Do you know where your EMTs are?

June 15, 2015

Cover of Beck’s “Dreams” single

LISTEN: Beck Trades Morning Phase for Nighttime Beats in “Dreams”

The return of the Midnite Vulture.

June 15, 2015

2015. Yellow Sound Board

Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of June 8–12, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

June 12, 2015

Veep cast / photo by Myles Pettengill

Film + TV
WATCH: The Men of “VEEP” Strike Poses in FLOOD 1 Behind-The-Scenes Video

Season four’s finale airs this Sunday on HBO.

June 12, 2015

Flying Lotus

LISTEN: Flying Lotus Shares Alternate Take of “Obligatory Cadence”

The You’re Dead! alternate cut closed out FlyLo’s BBC Radio 1 residency.

June 12, 2015

Monk Parker promo shot by Courtney Chavanall

LISTEN: Get Cheery with Monk Parker’s Debut Single “Sadly Yes”

Hear the lead single from Parker’s solo debut, “How the Spark Loves the Tinder.”

June 12, 2015

2013. Photo by Avda via wiki commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christopher_Lee_at_the_Berlin_International_Film_Festival_2013.jpg

Film + TV
RIP: Sir Christopher Lee (1922–2015)

The iconic and multi-talented actor was 93 years old.

June 11, 2015

2015. Deap Vally Reflection live in the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus screenshot

WATCH: Deap Vally Tears It Up on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus with a Biting Version of “Reflection”

The non-profit mobile studio was in Alabama last month to catch the action at the Hangout Music Festival.

June 11, 2015

banner for New Music Fridays

Global Music Release Day to Switch to Friday Beginning July 10

Global Camp Out in Front of a Record Store Night still sadly irrelevant

June 11, 2015

Clip from cover of Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come

RIP: Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)

Ornette Coleman, the jazz master whose boundary-pushing experimentation influenced everyone from John Coltrane to The Grateful Dead to Philip Glass, has…

June 11, 2015

2015. Hanni El Khatib Guitar Center Sessions live photo by Ryan Hunter

WATCH: Hanni El Khatib Stirs Things Up with a Live Take of “Head in the Dirt” for “Guitar Center Sessions”

Season ten of the DIRECTV performance series is underway now

June 10, 2015

Sex Pistols credit cards for Virgin Money

Sex Pistols Album Covers Featured on Virgin Money Credit Cards

Young flesh required.

June 09, 2015
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