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 rapper played two nights at the NYC arena in support of his new album Bando Stone & the New World.

The Dutch songwriter plays through “Like Only Lovers Could” and “I Wasn’t Gonna” from her new LP Chameleon, which arrives this Friday via New West.

Our latest digital cover stars’ “Tour of Earth” landed in Noblesville this past weekend.

Ahead of the release of his new LP Infinite Health this Friday, Scott Hansen spins tracks by Boards of Canada, Caribou, DJ Shadow, and more.

The dance musician took us behind the curtain for his recent set at San Francisco’s annual music and arts festival.

The Korean-Canadian songwriter’s sophomore album When a Thought Grows Wings is out now via In Real Life/AWAL.

The Chicago group plays through their 2015 track “Cottage Roads” for our latest subseries, which is dedicated to the music and arts fest on California’s Central Coast.

The New Zealand reared artist showcases the elaborate stage production for his upcoming shows in LA and NYC in support of his new LP SENESCENCE.

The songwriter gives an acoustic performance of her Bug track “You Know I Love You Still” in a backyard in LA.

Subtitled “101 Songs That Shaped a City,” the book co-authored by Eva Walker and Jacob Uitti (with an intro by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready) is out tomorrow via Sasquatch Books.

Our latest digital cover stars spin everything from Beach House to Nina Simone to Frankie Valli on their radio takeover.

Annie Clark’s All Born Screaming tour landed in her adopted hometown on Friday.

The SoCal trio performs two tracks for our latest subseries, which is dedicated to the music and arts fest on California’s Central Coast.

The Kansas City–based indie rockers play the track “How It Goes” from their recent LP Everyone’s Gone and I Know I’m the Cause while visiting the city.

Kevin Abstract
Shots of Sabrina Carpenter, Grace Jones, Slowdive, Killer Mike, Daniel Caesar, and more from Golden Gate Park.

Samara Joy at Newport Jazz Festival / photo Eleanor Petry
Live pics and portraits of Samara Joy, Brittany Howard, Elvis Costello, Kamasi Washington, Noname, and more from the historic fest in Newport, Rhode Island.

The indie-pop duo took the stage in Chicago over the weekend to perform songs from their newly released sixth album, To the Ghosts.

Go behind the scenes of the band’s European tour ahead of their FLOOD-sponsored show at the Bowl this weekend. Plus, enter to win free tickets.

The Vancouver-based group kicks off our latest subseries, which will be dedicated to the music and arts fest on California’s Central Coast.

Friko, Been Stellar, Blu DeTiger, Knox, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Tiny Habits, and more from the fest within the fest.