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

Wisp, If Not Winter
Natalie Lu’s debut leans into the “pop” side of dream pop, exploring the double-edged sword of yearning with big builds and a combination of delicacy and pummeling sound.

The Armed, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
The Detroit punks’ sixth album is a consistent, melodic post-hardcore assault, maintaining a relentless pummeling in defiance to the system as much as it is to their recent pop streak.

OK Cool, Chit Chat
The Chicago duo pull the strings taut on their emo-pop debut, adding piano passages, guitar theatrics, and other flourishes to their established college-radio-rock sound.
FLOOD Staff

Making his directorial debut, Charlie McDowell (the son of Malcom McDowell and Mary Steenburgen) has brought us something magical with…

Outside Lands Festival 2014 August 8–10 Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California Taking place right in the heat of summer, crowds took…

Blood Orange [header] at Lollapalooza 2014 / Photo by Misha Vladimirskiy
Behind-the-scenes at Lollapalooza 2014 with Blood Orange, Jungle, Temples, Chromeo, London Grammar, and more. Photos by Misha Vladimirskiy.

Second by Bryan Lee O’Malley
If you’re one of those who wore out your copies of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s brilliant Scott Pilgrim series (and perhaps…

Featuring cover stories on St. Vincent and Arcade Fire.



2014 promo photo for Third Man Publishing wing
Jack White’s Third Man Records is merging the worlds of music and literature by opening a new publishing wing. To…

It’s been ten years, I repeat ten years, since Tim and Eric did a live show tour, so it’s about…

2014. Beck press photo by Peter Hapak.
At the end of 2012, twenty of Beck’s original compositions were released solely as a stunning set of sheet music,…

2014. “Seinfeld” emojis.
Continue your conversations about nothing with these Seinfeld emojis that could (potentially, maybe) be coming to your phone. The popular…

2014. “Starred Up” press photo
Coming out of this year’s film festival circuit, Starred Up has started picking up more than a bit of buzz…

2014. Christopher Owens “Nothing More than Everything to Me” video screenshot
In case you weren’t sure where the former Girls frontman Christopher Owens would go after the release of last year’s…

The Canadian-based indie rock group The Rural Alberta Advantage—widely recognized as being one of the most outstanding live bands out…

2014. Weezer press photo by Emily Shur.
Today Weezer finally announced the all important release date for their tenth LP. Everything Will Be Alright in the End…

2014. Cloud Nothings, “Psychic Trauma” video still
As the dust settles after the release of their third album Here And Nowhere Else, Cloud Nothings have released a…

2014. Ryan Adams press shot, courtesy of High Road Touring
After all the albums that Ryan Adams put out over the past decade, the three-year silence since 2011’s Ashes &…

2014. Bootstraps “Oh Ca” video
LA-based folk-rock quartet Bootstraps recently released yet another live music video, this time, the short film depicts a killer performance…

2014. Tycho press photo by Reuben Wu
Just in time for the three-day holiday weekend, Tycho (one of our favorite records of the year so far) has…

SOUND ADVICE: FLOOD’s 10 Best Records of 2014 (So Far) header
At the half-year mark, we’re here to reflect on the sounds of the year 2014 to date. From a self-titled siren and a long-awaited solo debut to a career-defining record and a sound-scaping journey, here the editorial staff of FLOOD discusses the best albums of the year so far.