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

Wolf Alice, The Clearing
A ’70s-inspired yet undeniably timeless pop-rock record, the London quartet’s major-label debut marks a refreshing return to serenely emotional balladry.

Ada Lea, when i paint my masterpiece
The Canadian songwriter transforms uncertainty into something liberating via meandering, arty folk-rock songs greet us like old friends on her third album.

Deftones, private music
Each member’s strengths are on high alert, making the alt-metal band’s thrashing and highly imaginative 10th album a thing of brutal beauty.
FLOOD Staff

The LA-based band takes over FLOOD FM for the first in a series of Hacked episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.

Celebrate the Clash frontman’s birthday on August 21 with his favorite songs curated by his widow Lucinda Tait with input from friends, family, and bandmates.

The Inland Empire rapper dropped his sophomore EP Energy at the beginning of the summer via Secretly Canadian.

The synthwave duo will be taking over FLOOD FM all week beginning August 15 with hand-picked songs and stories.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Today’s show also includes new music from Dodie, Alvvays, and Surf Curse.

Green Day
Shots of Wet Leg, Pussy Riot, Sampa the Great, Local Natives, The Marías, and more from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Scenes from Grant Park in Chicago over the weekend.

Plus, shots of Green Day’s festival headlining set from Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower.

The psych-rock group performs two tracks from their new LP Hour of Green Evening outside of LA.

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.