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
Florence + the Machine, Everybody Scream
After recent big swings across the pop plate, Florence Welch’s gothic sixth album gets cerebral and probing as the songwriter proves herself to be more in touch with her emotions.
Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo, In the Earth Again
Destruction and decay may be the themes explored by the unlikely collaboration of a noise-rock band and a folk guitarist, but instrumentally, they make it sound beautiful, lush, and gentle.
Soft Cell, The Art of Falling Apart [Super Deluxe Edition]
This six-disc collection expands upon the aggression, industrialism, and pernicious lyrics of the duo’s 1983 LP—a revenge, of sorts, on becoming pin-up darlings of the British new wave.
FLOOD Staff
Throwing it back to a Slab Session so nice we premiered it twice.
The erstwhile folk-rockers get knotty.
photo by David Iskra
Hope comes to SF.
photo by Conor Collins
Wanna see movies of your dreams? Look no further.
The head chef at Reykjavik’s DILL is our guide in the latest episode of our video series touring the cities that inspire the world.
(Photo by Todd Cooper / @toddcooper)
You may wanna float right into the weekend on this one.
The Beastie Boys filming the “Pass the Mic” video / photo courtesy of Mario Caldato Jr.
Twenty-five years later, “Check Your Head”‘s influence still looms large.
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In addition to a cover story on “Silicon Valley”’s Thomas Middleditch, our latest print issue also features an extended celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beastie Boys’ “Check Your Head.”
From Radiohead’s unforeseen crowd-pleasing to “Kung Fu” Kenny’s cinematic themes
Israel’s vibrant art scene is front and center in the second episode of our video series touring the cities that inspire the world.
Have you heard of this band Radiohead?
photo by Ziv Sade
Must be nice to have talented fans.
photo by Ryan Hunter
The well-traveled DJ/producer/label-boss is showing people how to travel with a new line of bags and luggage.
photo by Ip Hoi Wan
Taken from the album of the same name, out June 9.
The group’s latest is out March 31 via Burger.
FRENSHIP / photo by Matthew Kanzler
Black Lips, Karen Elson, Middle Kids, and more helped us take over Cedar Street.
The New Jersey quartet are releasing “Down on the Sunset Strip” on Friday.
photo by Ziv Sade
“Shout It Out” is out now via Digital Monkey.
To celebrate FLOODfest at SXSW, we wanted to offer up something for everyone—regardless of whether you can make it out to Austin.
photo by Justin Borucki
Taken from last year’s “Our Love in the Light.”
