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 Bug Club, Very Human Features
Another collection of relentlessly charming and eccentric garage rock, this fifth album doubles down on the Welsh band’s signature stylized-raw production and unusual lyrics.

Activity, A Thousand Years in Another Way
The third LP from the pigeonhole-proof Brooklyn collective proves just how far they can stretch the boundaries of indie rock with this radically diverse set of songs.

Ben Kweller, Cover the Mirrors
Dedicated to his late son, the former grunge-pop wunderkind crafts something both touching and infectious as it moves through the stages of grief like landmarks on an epic summer tour.
FLOOD Staff

Ahead of his spring tour, the country songwriter plays “O.D.,” the closing track from his recently released debut EP Til the Sun Goes Down.

Behind the scenes portraits from the recent LA wildfire relief benefit show held at the Hollywood Palladium.

We’ve assembled a list of artist merchandise, art prints, and compilation albums benefiting those impacted by the recent LA wildfires.

Our latest digital cover star hand-picks tunes from Portishead, Pylon, Nilüfer Yanya, and more for her radio takeover.

Jenny Lewis with Hayley Williams, Katie Gavin, and Pierre de Reeder
Lucy Dacus, Juliette Lewis, FINNEAS, Reggie Watts, The Linda Lindas, Perfume Genius, Courtney Barnett, and others joined forces at the Hollywood Palladium for LA fire relief.

Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter take us behind the scenes of their “Running Through Colors” tour before it wraps up in LA at the end of the month.

Dillon Basse and Tristan Duncan play through “Window” and “Sunlight” from their newly released second album, Burnout Days.

The SF-based producer spins Miike Snow, Michael Kiwanuka, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and more as he gears up for a set of dates in Florida and across the West Coast later this month.

In a night that included everyone from Dr. Dre joining Anderson .Paak to Billie Eilish jamming with Green Day, nothing was more stunning than this surprise set.

The alt-rockers play “Rat People” and “Post Hang” from their forthcoming debut album Vacation, landing next month via Warner/War Buddha Records.

The indie-pop duo share photos from their 14-date tour of China following the release of their second LP, Wah!!!.

St. Vincent
Jenny Lewis, FINNEAS, The Linda Lindas, Juliette Lewis, Fred Armisen, and Courtney Barnett, among others, will also perform on February 5 at Hollywood Palladium.

The Canadian duo are in the midst of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their explosive debut album, You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine

The powerhouse vocalist spins tracks by Jungle, Victoria Monét, A$AP Rocky, and more on the heels of her newly released My Way EP.

The Stranger Things star also revealed dates for a global Djo tour kicking off in February.

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.

The Belgian-born, LA-based creative director and photographer is making an impact through her visual work with Bruno Major, slimdan, and more.

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.