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

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.
FLOOD Staff

As she wraps up her North American tour, the songwriter spins songs by Asake, Son Lux, Alvvays, and more.

From stops at shrines and temples to a cold beer at the end of the day, Maya Kuroki and Sei Nakauchi Pelletier take us through a day in the Japanese city they came up in.

Both tracks appeared on the Whigs frontman’s sophomore LP Golden Years, which was released last year.

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.