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

Kali Uchis, Sincerely,
Moving from the synth-dembow-pop of last year’s Orquídeas to dreamy neo-soul, her fifth album sees Uchis adapt the tripling axis of joy, pain, and existential dilemma into cloudy song.

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Naturally [20th Anniversary Edition]
This 2005 modern classic of soul revivalism pulled itself up from the bootstraps of the group’s debut with a respect for nuance to match its need for pulsating grooviness.

PinkPantheress, Fancy That
The UK artist’s second mixtape features an EP’s brevity and an album’s worth of heft, all built upon breathless, sample-heavy instrumentals that form an unlikely sense of cohesion.
FLOOD Staff

Dumb Numbers / no credit
Lou Barlow! David Yow! Dale Crover! And more!

2016. MJ Guider photo by Darin Acosta
Elusive futurism from the thoughtful New Orleans–based experimental project.

Steve Brule / photo by Marc Lemoine
The host of Adult Swim’s “Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule” is here to keep you looking good on a budget.

CW Stoneking / photo by Kane Hibberd
From Ethiopian jazz to Hank Williams to Kanye West.

It’s been six months already?

Best Coast / photo by Jasmine Safaeian
To kick off summer ’16, we had Bethany and Bobb spin some tunes and Moonsville Collective give a campfire serenade.

Roskilde / photo by Vegard S. Kristiansen
Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke!

Neil Young by Michael Muller crop
Featuring cover stories on Neil Young and Dr. Steve Brule.

Motel Radio / no credit
Who says being smart has to mean being boring?

All People / no credit
Infiltrate the scene created by the New Orleans quartet.

Harpooner / no credit
The former Indianans take you to the lake.

Dark, sophisticated pop from LA’s Dre Babinski.

Pop cultural reminders that you don’t need a million-karat ring to feel like a million damn bucks.

Miguel / photo by Orlando de la Cruz
Miguel, De La Soul, Nothing, and more, all looking good in the rain.

It’s the second installment of our new video series with Original Penguin.

2016. Moon Bros. press photo
“These Stars” is out July 8 via Western Vinyl.

Stefan Weich / no credit
Being heartbroken rarely sounds so warm.

Brass Bed / photo by Allison Bohl DeHart
From the Louisiana group’s latest album, “In the Yellow Leaf.”

Stephen Stills by Michael Muller crop
Backstage at the all-star charity show, the eminent Michael Muller captured the likes of Stephen Stills, Jack Black, Judd Apatow, Christina Applegate, and Jakob Dylan.

Joseph Arthur / photo by Ehud Lazin
From the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album “The Family.”