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

Glixen, Quiet Pleasures
Compelling yet uneven, the strongest compositions on the Phoenix shoegazers’ sophomore EP are often also the most experimental.

Anxious, Bambi
Calling back to the “big swing” pop-punk records from the turn of the millennium, the Connecticut band’s sophomore release is emotionally intelligent and impressively fine-tuned.

Patterson Hood, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
The Drive-By Truckers frontman’s first solo album in over a decade both softens and complicates the alt-country band’s barroom-rock formula, distinguishing itself to mixed results.
FLOOD Staff

JPEGMAFIA, Snail Mail, MJ Lenderman, Wednesday, BADBADNOTGOOD, and more from the annual three-day festival in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.

Gep Repasky performs a solo rendition of the unreleased track “Erase All the B’s” from the band’s forthcoming LP Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire.

The recent FLOOD digital cover stars are in the midst of an extensive world tour in support of their new album X’s.

The British duo spins tracks by The Dare, Yeasayer, Sabrina Carpenter, and more in the midst of their North American tour supporting their upcoming self-titled debut EP.

Portraits and live shots from Seattle’s annual music and arts festival.

Dispatches from the Swedish group’s summer tour of Europe and the UK, which wrapped up last month.

Sleater-Kinney
Backstage shots of Nation of Language, HotWax, King Hannah, Water From Your Eyes, and more from Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset, England.

With the folk-rock duo’s debut album One of a Kind out this week via ATO, Georgie Fuller and Will Turner walk us through an ideal day in the city they call home.

English Teacher, Yo La Tengo, Nation of Language, Jockstrap, Ty Segall, and more from the annual fest at Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset, England.

The folk-rockers play through “Later On” from their sophomore album Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat, released earlier this summer.

The duo’s baguette-filled DJ set in LA coincided with the release of their third album last week.

Ahead of the release of the band’s third album Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden, frontman Rob Laska walks us through an ideal day in the band’s hometown.

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.