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

Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Their first new album in fifteen years spins on an axis of subtly infectious refrains and gently askew rhythms—it’s avant-garde art-pop as something radically old yet experimentally new.

Sparks, MAD!
The Mael brothers’ 26th album purrs with sincere longings dedicated to romantic splits, though ultimately remains true to the duo’s idiosyncratic melody and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.

These New Puritans, Crooked Wing
The interplay of organ and voice throughout the Essex band’s fifth album creates a haunting document of the modern world wrestling for coexistence with the old world.
FLOOD Staff

The songwriter played four nights at the Los Angeles venue.

Kash Doll, Lakeyah, Yung Gravy, Skilla Baby, and others performing at 18 free nonpartisan events aiming to increase voter turnout.

Sarah Walk plays through “The Truth,” the opening song from her newly released album When I Get Through, outside the studio space in her backyard.

Robert Alfons spins Autechre, Provoker, New Order, and more as he hits the road this week for a North American tour.

Backstage at Place Bell in Laval, QC, 9-16-24
Behind the scenes on the historic 22-city tour.

Dan Smith shares how podcasts, his dad’s old notebook, and, of course, caffeine helped fuel his latest project.

Backstage in Vegas with L.S. Dunes, Pierce the Veil, The Wonder Years, 3OH!3, and others.

Leading up to the release of her sophomore solo record, A Love You Cannot Shake, Pascal Stevenson takes us to some favorite spots in East LA, North Hollywood, and beyond.

Jimmy Eat World, Coheed and Cambria, The Used, Dashboard Confessional, and more from the 2000s nostalgia mall-punk fest in Las Vegas.

Emma Hardyman teases the release of her band’s new album Dear Divine with an acoustic performance of the yet-unreleased track “bashful lovers.”

The new wave, goth and post-punk fest returns May 17, 2025 with Madness, OMD, Blancmange, Garbage, Stereo MC’s, Alison Moyet, and the reunion of Aimee Mann’s ‘Til Tuesday.

With her new album Dotr out now, the electronic artist spins tracks by SOFI TUKKER, Fleetwood Mac, Four Tet, Goose, and more.

The FLOOD-sponsored event on October 24 at ACL Live is the result of a nationwide Community College Concert Competition to get out the vote.

The high-concept art-pop musician takes us behind the scenes of her recent hometown release show for Triple Fire in LA.

Taking place October 26 at The Echo, “Raise the Volume” will be co-sponsored by FLOOD.

Mannequin Pussy / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Plus backstage shots of St. Lucia, Cannons, Chaparelle, and others from the annual festival in Texas.

Jackie Mendez & the Steady 45’s, Boogaloo Assassins, Circle the Earth, and Monalisa will also play the event set for November 9 at LA State Historical Park.

Following the release of her fourth album PALACIO, the Colombian indie-pop songwriter kicks back with a chill day in the Mexican capital city.

The Austin psych-rockers prep for their Halloween Levitation fest slot with a performance of three new tracks from their yet-to-be-announced debut album.

The Swiss deep-house producer takes us from her pre-show rituals through to her festival afterparty appearance at the recent San Diego music fest.