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.
Mac Miller, Balloonerism
This unearthed material collects a cohesive set of world-weary character studies examining the slippery slide of self-medication—even if it’s only an interpretation of the late artist’s vision.
Frank Black, Teenager of the Year [30th Anniversary Edition]
Bolder, weirder, and less Pixies-like than his solo debut, this vast collection of contagious pop vibes and oddball character studies remains Black Francis’ finest musical moment on his own.
Iggy Pop, Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023
Recorded at the Swiss fest’s Stravinsky Hall with a seven-piece ensemble, the punk icon crams his deeply expansive catalog into one loud bomb-drop.
FLOOD Staff
*“Casino Night Zone” music plays*
A collaboration with Ernie Ball, the PLAY FLOODfest contest will select one performer for an all-expense-paid trip, in addition to numerous other prizes.
It’s slated to open in the 2017–2018 season.
“Yas, yas, yas, yas, yas.”
You can hear four of the tracks now.
A judge has ruled that a wishy-washy claim to the song’s ownership is invalid.
“Damn, we all still look good.”
The LA-via-SF-via-NY post-punk group has reunited their classic lineup for the first time in a decade to release “June,” a new EP which is out February 12.
“I remember everything.”
Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star in the dystopian dramedy finally seeing release on March 11.
The Vampire Weekend bassist classes up the joint.
The thirty mysterious seconds aired last night during the Super Bowl.
PJ Harvey, Julia Holter, more to head to Reykjavik this November.
Get your score on.
“Are You Serious” is out on April 1 via Loma Vista.
The Earth, Wind & Fire bandleader was seventy-four years old.
The bartender at The Varnish in Los Angeles, California, shares four favorite cocktails and a hangover cure.
The legend of extreme sports—who was to BMX what Tony Hawk was to skateboarding—was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of February 1–5, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.
And throw a little shade Kanye’s way in the process.