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 World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Dreams of Being Dust
The heaviness of the emo/post-rock outfit’s fifth and most metallic album isn’t just in the music this time around—it’s also in the words, themes, and intent of the record.

Teyana Taylor, Escape Room
Following a hiatus from recording, this fourth LP is a journey through the beauty and messiness of relationships that have colored the past five years of Taylor’s musical hibernation.

Cass McCombs, Interior Live Oak
Reaching the pinnacle of his songwriting acuity, the vignettes McCombs paints with his voice and guitar on his 13th album evoke a conversation between Thoreau and Nick Cave.
FLOOD Staff

The cult dream-pop ensemble is currently selling out shows across the US in support of their recently released second album, Ginkgo.

Shots of 2hollis, hey, nothing, Joey Valence & Brae, and Mike Sabath before the event was evacuated on Friday, as well as Jack’s Mannequin’s aftershow in Nashville.

The English songwriter plays her singles “Please” and “Last Night” leading up to the release of her debut album On the Wing, out July 25 via Blue Flowers.

Esteban Flores will be spinning tunes by Fontaines D.C., The Clash, Alvvays, and more following the release of his debut album, A Joy So Slow at Times I Don’t Think It’s Coming.

Rest in peace to one of the great songwriters in the history of popular music, who passed away at 82 after battling a neurocognative disorder similar to dementia.

Behind the scenes with Royel Otis, The Lemon Twigs, Mt. Joy, Militarie Gun, The Japanese House, Isabel LaRosa, Dogpark, Joey Valence & Brae, and Snow Wife.

On the heels of his sophomore album JVC, the songwriter performs the album cut “Piñata” on the back porch of his father’s house.

The synthpop duo returned earlier this year with We Always Had Tomorrow, their first new LP in 10 years.

The song is named after the character from Westworld.

The Japanese alt-rock trio recently wrapped-up their first US tour.

The LA-based artist played a sold out show in her hometown on Friday.

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.