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 Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.

Cory Hanson, I Love People
The Wand frontman’s fourth solo outing confronts American grift culture with hope and a communal spirit, as his backing players seem to prevent him from turning inward and catastrophizing.
FLOOD Staff

Behind-the-scenes shots of artists from the Chicago music fest over the weekend.

Jackson Phillips plays two track from his recent LP Pastlife ahead of his upcoming tour with Two Door Cinema Club.

From Kendrick Lamar to Tom Petty, the band’s multi-instrumentalist dives into the 10 records that best define his hometown.

The Real Estate vocalist performs two tracks from his latest solo LP Magic Sign, out now via Domino.

The three-day immersive car camping fest in Long Pond, PA also features Tycho, Kaskade, Zed’s Dead, FISHER, REZZ, and many more.

The comedian and songwriter will be taking over FLOOD FM all week beginning July 18 with hand-picked songs and stories.

Madelene Eliasson gives an acoustic performance of two tracks from her debut album This End Had No Beginning.

Sophie Allison will be taking over FLOOD FM all week beginning July 11 with hand-picked songs and stories.

Today’s show also includes new music from Maya Hawke, Pussy Riot, and SG Lewis.

The Summer Cannibals vocalist’s new EP I Think My Heart Loves to Break is out now.

photos by JOSEPH ROSS, JOSHUA MELLIN, ALEX LAKE, DANIEL CAVAZOS, AND DANIEL SANNWALD
25 albums that have stuck with us so far as the AOTY contenders continue to roll in.

The alt-soul duo bring their HARMINE single to Hampstead Heath.

The 20″ x 20″ silk-screened print, signed by Arens and numbered, benefits The David Lynch Foundation.

The duo bring “The Tree” and “Camera” to their nighttime set.

The rescheduled festival kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal this past weekend.

Sonia Kreitzer brings the single from her new EP of the same name to the San Bernardino Mountains.

The band headlined two shows at the historic open-air amphitheater outside of Denver.

The 48-hour streaming event kicking off on June 19 was also curated by Derrick Hodge, The Suffers, BLK ODYSSY, Boulevards, Kenndog, Seratones, Jayson Cash, Kah-Lo, and Jahi Sundance.

Bridgers even treated the packed New Jersey venue with a Bruce Springsteen cover.

The songwriter plays three tracks from her first album since 2008 on a stoop in Greenpoint.