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
The Mountain Goats, Through the Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Whether or not it represents John Darnielle’s earnest Broadway aspirations, the indie-folk band’s 23rd LP stands out for its amped-up orchestration and sweeping grandeur.
The Mynabirds, It’s Okay to Go Back If You Keep Moving Forward
Laura Burhenn’s fifth album strips the project down to its piano core as she revisits old songs from her discography through a more introspective lens.
Midlake, A Bridge to Far
The Denton folk-rockers’ second album since returning from a hiatus flits effortlessly between psychedelic rock, folk, and hazy jazz as Eric Pulido continues to steer the ship forward.
FLOOD Staff
The legendary French duo played their largest stand-alone US show yet at the iconic Los Angeles venue, along with opener Thundercat.
Peaches at Portola in San Francisco, CA / photo by Wilson Lee
Anderson .Paak, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, JPEGMAFIA, Gesaffelstein, Empress Of, Shygirl, and more from Pier 80 in San Francisco.
The Australian quartet shares photos taken during and after their set at the Dana Point, California festival last weekend.
Fleet Foxes / photo by Okay Niicolita
The annual festival celebrated its third year at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut this past weekend.
Shots of Remi Wolf, Conan Gray, Bleachers, Reneé Rapp, Hozier, Maisie Peters, and more from Merriweather Post Pavillion
Chappell Roan Drag Party
Julien Baker, Janelle Monáe, Ethel Cain, Samia, Holly Humberstone, Soccer Mommy, Coco & Clair Clair, and more from Forest Hills Stadium.
With their new album Flood out now, the indie-pop quartet spins tracks by Jessica Pratt, The Pogues, Hotline TNT, and more they’ve had on repeat.
Following the releases of his first solo album in 12 years and his debut memoir, Wynn performs the title track from Make It Right ahead of touring the new material later this month.
LCD Soundsytem
James Blake, Peggy Gou, Jamie xx, LP Giobbi, Thundercat, and more from the reconfigured annual fest in Las Vegas.
IDLES at Forest Hills credit Dutch Doscher 9
Both bands delivered enthralling performances at the Queens, NY venue this past Friday.
Air at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA / photo by Eric Tra
The French ambient-pop duo kicked off their North American tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Moon Safari over the weekend.
With the songwriter’s new live film out now, he shares how Talking Heads, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, and more set high bars for the medium.
Sprints, Taking Back Sunday, Pixel Grip, Sum 41, and more backstage shots from Chicago’s Douglass Park.
Zach Hurd plays “Setting Free” from his new LP Rivers in Lands End park, overlooking the Golden Gate strait between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay.
Ahead of the annual San Francisco festival this weekend, the event’s curator spins tracks from a few of this year’s biggest draws, including Jamie xx, Justice, and Shygirl.
Kneecap in New York, NY / photo by Dutch Doscher
The Irish rap trio performed their biggest US show yet in New York this week.
The track closes out Blair Howerton’s project’s second LP Wish on the Bone, which is out now via Fire Talk.
PJ Harvey at Terminal 5 in New York, NY / photo by Dutch Doscher
The alt-rock icon is in the midst of a North American tour suppporting 2023’s I Inside the Old Year Dying LP.
The recently reunited Brazilian dance-punk quartet will be playing their last US show “for a long while.”
Matthew Caws gives an acoustic performance of their single “In Front of Me Now” from new LP Moon Mirror and “Come Get Me” from 2020’s Never Not Together.
