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

Reneé Rapp, Bite Me
The pop star’s big voice and actorly prowess help convince us that the choppy, Sapphic-punkish pop and curt, self-reproaching snipe of her second LP burrow deep into her soul.

$uicideboy$, Thy Kingdom Come
On their fifth proper LP, Ruby da Cherry and Scrim’s usually dense, trap-imbued soundscapes are open and airier, leaving more room for the duo and their guests to misery-wallow within.

Nuclear Daisies, First Taste of Heaven
The club-ready breakbeats and unrelenting experimentation on the Austin trio’s second LP serve as a deafening clarion call for humanity to get its act together before it’s too late.
FLOOD Staff

The West Coast punks are taking over the station through March 31 with a tracklist featuring Butthole Surfers, Spirit of the Beehive, and more.

Militarie Gun crowd at Lost Weekend/Brooklyn Vegan party at Mohawk in Austin, TX. March 15, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins
Be Your Own Pet, Bartees Strange, Militarie Gun, Sweet Pill, Debby Friday, Godcaster, and more highlights from the annual music conference.

The Brazilian songwriter performs a track from his latest release, Curyman, in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Plus Sunflower Bean, EKKSTACY, Frost Children, Victoria Canal, and more from backstage at the Mohawk

Midway through their March US tour, Lisa and Naomi Diaz take over the station to spin everything from Tame Impala to OutKast.

Sudan Archives at FLOODfest at The Mohawk in Austin, TX. March 16, 2023. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Plus photos of Sunflower Bean, Blondshell, Baby Rose, Frost Children, Sports Team, CIVIC, Barrie, Goon, and Victoria Canal from our return to the Mohawk.

The Melbourne rockers perform the single from their new LP Taken by Force ahead of their appearance this week at FLOODfest SXSW.

Blondshell, McKinley Dixon, PENDANT, Divino Niño, and more sets to prioritize this week.

Sunflower Bean, Blondshell, Baby Rose, Frost Children, Sports Team, Barrie, Civic, Goon, and Victoria Canal will also perform at the March 16 event at the Mohawk.

The talent agency’s second annual day party sponsored by FLOOD will feature sets from Indigo De Souza, The Nude Party, MICHELLE, and more.

Dre Babinski’s new album Newfound Oxygen is out now.

With the band’s first volume of singles out now via Sony Music, photographer Piper Ferguson revisits the band’s early appearances at the Troubadour, SXSW, Coachella, and more.

Weyes Blood at Brooklyn Steel, March 2023 / photo by Julia Drummond
Natalie Mering played the first of two sold-out shows in New York on Friday night.

The Austin-based electronic composer performs his recent single atop the city’s iconic music venue.

The German nu-disco producer takes over the airwaves ahead of his appearance at M3F Festival in Phoenix this weekend.

The native Texan performs her recent single in the city’s arts district.

The band Sylvan Esso — Amelia Meath (left) and Nick Sanborn — in Los Angeles. The married indie rock/electro-pop duo were about to release a new album, “No Rules Sandy.”
Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn spin everything from Helado Negro to Aldous Harding on their station takeover.

The Akron/Family offshoot performs the track from last year’s Experiments in Plant Based Music Vol. 1 atop a floating house.

With his debut album Good for Nothing (A Spiraling Blackout Montage) out now, Brandon Hoogenboom brings the song to a tunnel in Southern Orange County.

Monday through Friday, we’ll be spinning all your favorite artists’ covers of all your favorite songs.