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

Dijon, Baby
On the follow-up to his 2021 debut, Dijon Duenas lays glitchy, psychedelic textures atop his familiar alt-R&B sound to evoke a fractured internet-like aesthetic that’s often mesmerizing.

Rich Brian, Where Is My Head?
The edgy but earnest Indonesian-American rapper further leans into his identity on his first album in six years, welcoming a variety of guests on his trek through self-actualization.

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.
FLOOD Staff

Screenshot from the “Inherent Vice” trailer
One of the most anticipated films of the year, Inherent Vice is looming on the Oscar season horizon, and it…

photo by Andrew Whitton
Whether you’re a fan or not, you have to admit that films in the “YA” genre have some pretty good…

Buck 65 / photo by Rob Campbell
We take a break with seasoned hip-hop artist Buck 65, who discusses his new album Neverlove by answering our five questions.

2014. Thom Yorke’s “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes” header
This morning we opened our browsers to the unexpected news that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke released a brand-new solo album titled…

Still from Steven Soderbergh’s B&W “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
After announcing last year that he would no longer be directing feature films, Steven Soderbergh has not exactly retired to Florida…

2013 “True Detective” season one poster
Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will star in the new season of the HBO drama.

2014 promo shot of George Harrison for new box set courtesy of Big Hassle
Really, you should already be tuning into Conan every day for your late-night viewing, but in the case you’re not (why aren’t…

De Lux / by Carlo Cruz
LA’s own disco-rock duo headlined a night of music including Isaac Rother & The Phantoms and Incan Abraham

“Moonrise Kingdom” island map
From Camp Ivanhoe to Summer’s End, to the dirt road with no name to the meadow and on, you can…

2014 promotional photo for “Big Eyes” by Leah Gallo for the Weinstein Company
Stepping away from his usual cast and dreary color palette, director Tim Burton has completed a biopic about artists Walter and Margaret…

If you walked around the streets of London this summer, you may have noticed some colorful and whimsical benches perched…

Steven Ellison, a.k.a. Flying Lotus, is preparing to release his latest album, You’re Dead!, which is already promising to be an…

2014 Burton website screenshot of snowboarder
A new wardrobe for a new season.

2014 J. J. Abrams teases Millennium Falcon with Batmobile clip
Director J. J. Abrams releases what looks like Star Wars footage, but adds a touch of Batman to the mix.

Death From Above 1979 logo
Dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 has a pretty sick logo worthy of wearing on your back. Well, now all…

The Breaking Bad actor immerses himself in the dramatic world of baseball to promote the postseason.

2014. Yoko Ono with Kids in front of the John Lennon Bus.
Yoko Ono helps to celebrate the bus tour’s residency in New York City

Earlier this year, the post-punk British band Eagulls put out a fantastic self-titled debut, which included the outstanding single “Nerve…

Hey, LA! Come and join us next Wednesday, September 17, as we throw down an awesome night of music with…

The legendary director portrays the history and cultural impact of the New York Review of Books over the last fifty years.