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

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.

BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.

Fly Anakin, (The) Forever Dream
The Virginia rapper’s guest-filled latest is a stellar collection of bright, diverse, and downright gorgeous hip-hop that’s so light-on-its-feet it can sometimes feel like it’s sweeping you off yours.
FLOOD Staff

The Cure at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. June 21, 2023. Photo by David Iskra
The new wave icons played three sold-out shows with The Twilight Sad in New York this week.

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker’s sold-out tour hit the Steel City on Tuesday.

The newly reunited post-hardcore band played their first live show since 2019 on Friday.

The Bristol-based songwriter performs “Sound of the Morning,” “Float,” and “Alligator” at the Mattachine Steps, a monument dedicated to the gay rights organization the Mattachine Society.

The French pop songwriter’s new album The Fool is out now.

Jazmine Sullivan
From Leimert Park in LA to Central Park in NYC, here’s where you can catch some great music events to celebrate the holiday.

I Hope Hell Isn’t Real, the St. Louis–born songwriter’s debut EP for Epitaph Records, is out now.

Rina Sawayama, SOFI TUKKER, Lil Nas X, Suki Waterhouse, Ice Spice, Kim Petras, and more from Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York.

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.