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

Sarah Mary Chadwick, Take Me Out to a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
The deep crevices of profound dependence live within the Melbourne-based songwriter’s every word and melody throughout her grayly comic and experimentally recorded ninth album.

Michael Cera Palin, We Could Be Brave
Arriving a decade after the formation of the Atlanta emo-punk trio, the 10 sophisticated, visceral songs on this debut feel like a release of pent-up energy.

Neil Young, Coastal: The Soundtrack
Documenting his 2023 tour, Young’s umpteenth live album both simplifies the noise of Crazy Horse’s recent recordings and solidly renders familiar hits in a solo setting.
FLOOD Staff

She performs outside of the cabin where she wrote much of her debut album, Playing the Part of You is Me.

The Smile at ACL Live at The Moody Theatre in Austin, TX. June 25, 2023. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s other group returned for the second swing of their US tour last night in Austin.

Credit ANGELA RICCIARDI
The Chicago-bred songwriter’s sophomore album Supermodels is out July 14 via Saddest Factory Records.

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.