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.
Saint Etienne, The Night
Over 30 years after their debut, the Vaseline-lensed electro-pop trio still titillates without any consideration of boundaries as they continue their recent shift toward spectral-sounding gravitas.
Daft Punk, Discovery [Interstella 5555 Edition]
Reissued in honor of its complementary anime film’s 20th anniversary, the French house duo’s breakout LP feels like a time capsule for a brief period of pre-9/11 optimism.
The Coward Brothers, The Coward Brothers
Inspired by Christopher Guest’s recent radio play reviving Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett’s 1985 fictional band, this playful debut album proves that this inside joke still has legs.
FLOOD Staff
The former Cosmonaut/Spires co-founder performs “Save Your Own,” “Smack Water,” and “Tightrope Life” in his hometown.
The German producer takes us behind the scenes of his set at the San Francisco festival last weekend.
The songwriter continues to promote his new country-tinged LP The Hard Way with a radio takeover featuring T. Rex, Foster the People, Mitski, and more.
The legendary French duo played their largest stand-alone US show yet at the iconic Los Angeles venue, along with opener Thundercat.
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.
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
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.
James Blake, Peggy Gou, Jamie xx, LP Giobbi, Thundercat, and more from the reconfigured annual fest in Las Vegas.
Both bands delivered enthralling performances at the Queens, NY venue this past Friday.
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.
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.