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

Jamie XX
In honor of the producer’s weekend set at San Francisco’s Cow Palace, he’ll be taking over the airwaves on Friday and Saturday to spin an eclectic playlist.

Kristyn Chapman and her band perform “Blue Light” and “Half of Two” from their recently released Morpho Season EP in the city’s River North neighborhood.

The band’s FLOOD-sponsored Los Angeles show was their last in the US for the foreseeable future.

Her 12-song debut album was written over a three-year period and recorded in London and Los Angeles.

The Belarusian coldwave trio recently performed a brief set outside the hotel in Slovakia that’s featured on the cover of their breakout 2018 album Etazhi.

We kick off the 2025 season with a radio takeover by the ever-adventurous neo-psych band, who spin songs by Tom Waits, A Tribe Called Quest, Dinosaur Jr., and more.

As fires continue to rage across Los Angeles County, we’ve compiled a list of resources for those at risk and those looking to help.

Devin Hobdy and Corey Smith-West perform “Avalon” from their recent Inside Voice(s): Side A EP.

Photos: Melt-Banana, Danielle Agnello, Josh Darr, Gerald Jenkins
10 releases that hid the decade-plus gaps in their creators’ resumes exceptionally well.

50 of our favorite live shots from the year including Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party, IDLES, Lana Del Rey, Ethel Cain, St. Vincent, Childish Gambino, and more.

10 LPs that made a strong case for the extended format.

MUNA’s lead singer wrapped up her What a Relief solo debut tour in her hometown of Chicago this week.

10 titles that provided exclusive access to some of music’s greatest mysteries.

The special programming of eclectic holiday tunes spanning indie, punk, soul, electronic, hip-hop, and beyond kicks off this Saturday, December 21, and runs through the rest of the year only on FLOOD FM.

The 10 most invigorating series among a new era of prestige television.

10 movies that offered new perspectives on familiar themes.

The Americana group’s co-founder plays “Jungle Full of Ghosts” and “Running” from his third solo album, Para Llevar, which is out now via Normaltown and New West Records.

Smashing Pumpkins at KROQ Acoustic Chrristmas at Kia Forum in Los Angekes, CA / photo by Skylar Watkins
The Smashing Pumpkins, Franz Ferdinand, The Linda Lindas, Jimmy Eat World, and more from the annual LA event’s 33rd year.

Fontaines D.C., Kacey Musgraves, Justice, The Last Dinner Party, and more top our individual ballots.

The Brooklyn neo-psych rockers toured the UK, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands in support of their recent sophomore album Illuminator.