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
Prince & The Revolution, Around the World in a Day [40th Anniversary Edition]
Besides its crystal-clear sound, the draw for this expanded singles collection is its curios such as the 22-minute “America” and Prince’s serpentine contribution to the We Are the World album.
La Luz, Extra! Extra!
Reworking tracks from 2024’s News of the Universe LP, Shana Cleveland emphasizes themes of change, non-determinism, and acceptance on an EP that aptly feels a little lonely.
The Durutti Column, The Return of The Durutti Column [45th Anniversary Edition]
This reissue of the art-rockers’ 1980 debut may not come with the sandpaper sleeve it had upon its initial release, yet that doesn’t make its haunting, all-instrumental music any less abrasive.
FLOOD Staff
Vampire Weekend, Mannequin Pussy, Wallows, Thundercat, Glass Animals, Hozier, Anderson .Paak, and more from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Ben Schneider brings “Cliff Q, a.k.a. Mr. Madness, a.k.a. the Laughing Ghoul” to the FLOOD FM airwaves all week in tandem with our digital cover story on the band’s new LP The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1.
Australian indie-pop songwriter Sophie Payten takes us through an ideal afternoon in the city as she celebrates the release of her third album, Like Plasticine.
Backed by a full band, the British songwriter performs an extended version of the Dog Eared album cut at producer Philip Weinrobe’s Sugar Mountain studio in Brooklyn.
Behind the scenes at Grant Park with Ratboys, Bôa, Wild Rivers, and Caroline Kingsbury.
The Marías, Clairo, Remi Wolf, Djo, Wallows, TWICE, Cage the Elephant, and more from Grant Park in Chicago.
Jonathon Linaberry plays the track “Heart Attack” from his new LP Radio Waves outside of his home in Upstate New York.
Backstage shots of FIDLAR, Cap’n Jazz, Say She She, The Exploding Hearts, and more from this past weekend’s festivities in Portland.
The band wrapped up their intimate theater tour with a three-night run in New York this week.
Behind the scenes at Fort Adams State Park with Lucius, Tyler Ballgame, Nova One, Mon Rovia, Snacktime, Anna Tivel, and Sammy Rae.
Hayley Williams, Jack Antonoff, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, Jeff Tweedy, Kim Deal, Alex G, S.G. Goodman, and more from the iconic three-day fest in Rhode Island.
The songwriter plays “Peach Sky,” the opening track from her newly released EP Bad Luck Is Two Yellow Flowers, in her hometown.
The museum’s summer concert series continues on July 31 with free live music in the courtyard.
25 records from the first half of the year that exhibit a bold sense of creative freedom.
The indie rockers perform “My Way to You” and “Wonder How” from their newly released debut album Hang a Star at Bay View Park in front of the San Diego skyline.
The museum’s summer concert series is back on July 17 with free live music in the courtyard.
The alt-pop songwriter sings the track “Static” from her new EP Adesso in her hometown’s lakefront park.
flipturn
Now in the midst of a North American tour supporting their latest album, Burnout Days, the Floridian indie rockers spin tunes by Phoenix, Great Grandpa, Magdalena Bay, and more.
We caught up with Trevor Powers in London where he got inked after a show at Islington Assembly Hall supporting his album Rarely Do I Dream.
Jordan Topf plays the tracks “Lose You” and “Shut Up and Kiss Me” from his self-titled debut outside of his studio in the Northeast LA neighborhood.
