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

Dijon, Baby
On the follow-up to his 2021 debut, Dijon Duenas lays glitchy, psychedelic textures atop his familiar alt-R&B sound to evoke a fractured internet-like aesthetic that’s often mesmerizing.

Rich Brian, Where Is My Head?
The edgy but earnest Indonesian-American rapper further leans into his identity on his first album in six years, welcoming a variety of guests on his trek through self-actualization.

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.
FLOOD Staff

Following the release of the band’s sixth LP I Want It All Right Now, Christian Zucconi and Hannah Hooper spin everything from Wire and Talking Heads to alt-J and Broncho.

Shots of Alvvays, Vagabon, JPEGMAFIA, Big Thief, and more from the annual fest in Chicago’s Union Park.

The indie-pop duo return to Mina Walker’s hometown to perform two tracks outside the arts organization Music Box Village ahead of their upcoming European/UK tour.

Featuring 272 pages of portraits, live photos, and behind-the-scenes shots from the 2000s and beyond, the hardcover book arrives November 7 via Weldon Owen.

Leaning into the genres explored on her latest record Love as Projection, Rose spins an hour of coldwave and post-punk deep cuts.

Sisters Natalie, Allison, and Meegan Closner perform the track from their new album The Sun in a parking lot during a stop on their recent North American tour.

The iconic indie rock outfit is releasing their Sumday-era B-sides and rarities collection Sumday: Excess Baggage digitally next month.

Graphic by Jerome Curchod. Photos by Daniel Cavazos, Nina Andersson, Harrison Whitford, Jonathan Mannion, Sophia Matinazad
In honor of our favorite releases of the year thus far, catch 24 straight hours of our picks on July 15, 22, and 29.

The Georgian country-rockers’ sophomore album You Know Who is out now via Normaltown/New West Records.

The songwriter performs two tracks from his debut LP Singing Into Darkness live from the Navajo Nation mountain range spanning New Mexico and Arizona.

The free outdoor concert series in LA kicks off on July 20 with blues/R&B singer Billy Valentine.

Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner played one of the most intimate venues of their current tour on Sunday.

The English duo give a nocturnal performance of the track from their new LP Ten Paces, out now via Yep Roc.

Phoenix, The Last Dinner Party, The Chemical Brothers, Róisín Murphy, and more from the annual festival in Spain.

From Massive Attack to Marvin Gaye, Red shares a mix of songs that inspired his latest LP Paranoïa, Angels, True Love.

25 of our favorite listens from the first half of the year.

The singer performs his single a cappella as a peaceful protest toward the injustices against the LGBTQ+ community.

Plus enter to win tickets to see Sparks and They Might be Giants at the FLOOD-sponsored Bowl show on July 16.

Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Sparks and They Might Be Giants on July 16, 2023

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