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.
Ringo Starr, Look Up
With the aid of producer T Bone Burnett and an exciting guest list, the Beatle finds a relaxed fit for his surprisingly modern easy-does-it C&W ballads.
Shutdown, By Your Side
Written through an older and wiser lens, the NYC hardcore punks’ new EP contains the same kind of ebullience that the band possessed when they last released material 25 years ago.
Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out
The UK duo hurls hand grenades in the direction of contemporary society’s myriad ills across their riotously fun yet deadly serious indie-punk debut.
FLOOD Staff
YG, TV on the Radio, and a whole lot of snowboarders get high in LA.
In case you don’t already know. Seems like pertinent info.
From the forthcoming “Who Cares About Tomorrow.”
Plus Xander Singh lends a hand.
Analog synths, gentle moods, and “Doctor Who.”
The Denver duo keep their heads in the clouds.
In case you happen to be looking for an excuse to get out of the country for a bit.
The former Passion Pit member confronts the loss of love and his sense of self on his new album “Muffin.”
The recent City Slang signee played a sundown set for us in her hometown of Tel Aviv.
Prince-approved and straight from Australia, the funk-rock maestro was in support of his upcoming LP, “Smoke Fire Hope Desire.”
Taken from the “AMMA RMXD” LP, out now via Foehn.
Mute your TV. Turn up your stereo.
The darkwave Brooklyn band released “If Language” back in September.
The New York quartet’s new album Bloodshot Tokyo is out February 3.
Radiohead, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar are your headliners.
Our pals from the worlds of music, film, and TV offer their lists for the best of the year.
Our favorite tracks of the year, (almost) all in one place.
Media’s boundaries are more porous than ever, and great artwork abounds. So does weirdness.
Has the era of the antihero come to an end?
Don’t get too comfortable.