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
Prince & The Revolution, Around the World in a Day [40th Anniversary Edition]
Besides its crystal-clear sound, the draw for this expanded singles collection is its curios such as the 22-minute “America” and Prince’s serpentine contribution to the We Are the World album.
La Luz, Extra! Extra!
Reworking tracks from 2024’s News of the Universe LP, Shana Cleveland emphasizes themes of change, non-determinism, and acceptance on an EP that aptly feels a little lonely.
The Durutti Column, The Return of The Durutti Column [45th Anniversary Edition]
This reissue of the art-rockers’ 1980 debut may not come with the sandpaper sleeve it had upon its initial release, yet that doesn’t make its haunting, all-instrumental music any less abrasive.
FLOOD Staff
The Fire Talk imprint celebrated their debut showcase with a Jawdropped EP release set and Shower Curtain celebrating the deluxe reissue of their 2024 LP Words From a Wishing Well.
The LA band’s Model & More Tour hit Indianapolis this week.
The songwriter gives acoustic performances of “Had to Be There” and “Yesterday’s Another Day” from his recently released debut album We Do Not Fear the Ruins in his hometown.
The Belgian techno force played six shows in New York last week.
The recent FLOOD cover star’s tour with her new band arrived in Los Angeles this week.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Devo, OMD, Nation of Language, ’Til Tuesday, Provoker, Mareux, and more from the annual celebration of all things new wave, goth, and post-punk in Pasadena.
Zachariah Carlson plays the first two songs from his new Blue EP on a closed-down lifeguard tower in the aftermath of the LA wildfires’ recent devastation.
Featuring cameos from Jordana, Sedona, Tim Robbins, and Reggie Watts, the photos document Becca Harvey’s LA show supporting her new album Sweetness.
The recent FLOOD cover star’s Forever Is a Feeling tour stopped in LA this week with MUNA’s Katie Gavin and jasmine.4.t.
Sponsored by FLOOD, the August 1 event in partnership with the LA Phil will blend music, video, dance, and spoken word to tell the story of LA.
Keanu Reeves never accepted the band’s invitation to play bass with them, but Tony Hawk showed up.
Live shots, portraits, and behind-the-scenes pics from the songwriter’s release show and signing for her third album, Bloodless.
The Dirty Projectors member plays “In a Dream It Could Happen” from her new solo album Goodbye Long Winter Shadow, out now via Last Gang.
Behind the scenes shots with Grouplove, Of Montreal, Wild Nothing, and more from the fest grounds at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
TV on the Radio, Bloc Party, Empire of the Sun, and more from the nostalgia-heavy indie fest in Pasadena.
Before taking the stage this weekend in Pasadena in support of their new LP Mausoleum, the band will join us all week with a radio takeover.
FLOOD presented the band’s return to Los Angeles along with opener Sophie Hunter.
The English five-piece are in the midst of a North American tour supporting their third album, Cowards.
The New Mexico–based songwriter gives an acoustic performance of “Had To” from her newly released fifth album Want.
Michelle Zauner’s three-night run in Chicago featured opener Ginger Root.
