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

Pulp, More
The Sheffield art rock ensemble’s first album in nearly 24 years still maintains their Kinks-y kitchen sink dramatics in opposition to Oasis’ Beatles-like demeanor and Blur’s operatic Who-ness.

Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition]
Padded out with a personal essay, family photos, and outtakes, this re-release of Stevens’ album-length eulogy permits yet another return to the 1980s Oregon of the artist’s memory.

Alan Sparhawk, With Trampled by Turtles
Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation.
FLOOD Staff

The songwriter and Walking Dead star will release her latest album Swimteam in September.

The Australian songwriter/producer performs a stripped-down version of the single outside of his label’s offices on a recent visit to LA.

The UK bass trailblazer’s new collaboration-heavy LP The Rat Road is out now.

Anderson .Paak (aka DJ Pee Wee) at Levi’s 501 Experience in Sand Francisco, CA. May 18, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
Shots of mxmtoon, Tune-Yards, Noodles, and more from the 150 year celebration of 501 in San Francisco.

Ahead of her tour with Quinn XCII, the alt-pop songwriter performed the opening track from her debut album Good Thing We Stayed.

Los Angeles band the Regrettes at the “old zoo” in Griffith Park. (L to R) bassist Brooke Dickson, lead guitarist Genessa Gariano, singer-guitarist Lydia Night, and drummer Drew Thomsen .
Ahead of their upcoming tour with Yungblud, the LA up-and-comers spin some of their favorite tunes.

Hosted by Adrian Spinelli, “FLOOD FM Backstage” will air all day at the top of each hour.

The Norwegian songwriter performs two tracks in Silver Lake amid her tour in support of her recent LP Crazy Life, out now.

Gary Numan, Love and Rockets, Boy Harsher, Billy Idol, and more from the event’s second year in Pasadena.

Ahead of their performance at Lightning in a Bottle this weekend, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter take over the station with a handful of their favorite tunes.

Ethel Cain, Run the Jewels, Pavement, Pixies, and more from the fourth annual fest in Salt Lake City.

Turnstile at Ottobar in Baltimore, MD. May 15, 2023. Photo by Skylar Watkins.
The Baltimore hardcore band took a break from their North American arena tour with blink-182 for a raucous, intimate hometown set benefitting Baltimore Youth Arts.

Behind the scenes with several of the Pasadena festival’s iconic artists.

Derek VanScoten’s latest album Bloom Bap landed back in March via Nettwerk.

The Bay Area luminaries are set to help the brand celebrate 150 years at a free event from May 19 to May 27.

Peaches at Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, CA. May 13, 2023. Photo by Wilson Lee
M83, The Hives, Fever Ray, The Walkmen, and much more from Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.

Ahead of her new LP Lucky for You, Alicia Bognanno is spinning everything from PJ Harvey to Soccer Mommy.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, The Walkmen, and more will be playing at the Pasadena fest.

Watch Blu and her brother Rex take us on a ride around their new hometown of Los Angeles in this clip presented by Toyota.

The songwriter performs his new single as well as Joni’s “Night Ride Home” in the Norwegian capital’s botanical garden.