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

Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums
This new box breaks down seven well-framed sets of sessions spanning 1983 to 2018, essentially designed as full-album capsules of mood previously deemed unfit for canonization.

Gelli Haha, Switcheroo
The songwriter’s debut is carefree, sleazy, fundamentally arresting dance music—a multi-sensory circus serving to wallpaper the halls of dance-pop history with neon, acid-tinged nonsense.

Wavves, Spun
The LA band’s eighth LP eschews distortion in favor of a cleaner pop-punk sound that both spotlights Nathan Williams’ songwriting chops and dulls the project’s compelling eccentricities.
FLOOD Staff

2016. Suicide Squad trailer
“We’re bad guys! It’s what we do!”

The extended look aired last night on The CW.

From the forthcoming EP of the same name.

June 9–12 on the farm.

Boulevards / photo by Daniel Topete
The funky son of Raleigh announces his debut album.

An informative night powered by Dell and Windows 10.

Grimes “Kill V Maim” video
The Art Angels standout gets a hyperkinetic clip.

“Chorus” is out January 22 via 4AD.

Andy Ferro / photo by Ashley Boyd Jones
The Ranch Ghost guitarist conjures up a few specters from his tape machine.

Get the dirt on Dirt McGirt.

The chilly track was produced by Stone’s Throw artist DJ Harrison.

UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Glenn Frey Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The founding member of The Eagles passed away today at 67.

“I’m a job creator, watch this.”

2016. CFM press photo by Denee Petracek
“Still Life of Citrus and Slime” is out April 8 via In The Red.

The sequel about the really, really, really good-looking model is out next month.

School of Seven Bells / photo by Justin Hollar and Clarke Tolton
“SVIIB” is out February 26 via Vagrant.

2015. Sound Board header in red
Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of January 11–15, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

2016. Burnt Palms, “Last Time”
“Back On My Wall” is out February 5 via We Were Never Being Boring.

photo by Sean Murphy
The band’s fourth self-titled album is out April 1.

Santigold in the Chasing Shadows videos
From “99¢”, which is out next week.