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

Julien Baker & TORRES, Send a Prayer My Way
Baker and Mackenzie Scott’s debut pop-country collaboration is made up of a nuanced and emotionally kinetic set of hangdog story-songs that wear their nudie suits with pride.

Mamalarky, Hex Key
The psych-pop quartet are churning out some of the most clear-headed fuzz rock of their career, meeting inner turmoil with a funkified grace on their third album.

Beirut, A Study of Losses
Zach Condon’s 18-song epic commissioned by a Swedish circus and inspired by a German book about cultural loss marks his most exploratory album since his Balkan indie-folk days.
FLOOD Staff

Ten shows worth making the time for.

Ten movies we think are wild and weird and worthwhile.

Twenty-five albums to kill your loneliness. Or at least make it suffer a little.

The new Levi’s flagship store celebrated New York with performances from Ms. Lauryn Hill, Q-Tip, Julian Casablancas, De La Soul, Raekwon, and Chic, plus DJ sets from Questlove and Nick Zinner.

Our biggest print edition yet features four cover stories across two collectible versions, as well as stories on John Carpenter, Spiritualized, Dawoud Bey, boygenius, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, and much more.

Find out if Mars is a wack planet or not in episode two of the webseries “Wu-Tang In Space Eating Impossible™ Sliders.”

Conversations with five cultural influencers and corporate executives who’ll be attending WORLDZ 2018.

A$AP Rocky / photo by Adrian Santos
After a year’s hiatus, the Bay Area festival returns, albeit in a new location.

Owen Ashworth doesn’t wanna be your dog, but he wouldn’t mind hearing the song you wrote about your pet.

Beck / photo by Luis Moreno
The Eddie Vedder–curated SoCal festival featured all of your favorite artists covering all of your favorite songs.

Phoenix / photo by Laura Studarus
Fifty artists. Three nights. 177 traffic citations. 5,280 feet above sea level.

We’re returning to Sin City for a Life Is Beautiful pregame featuring St. Vincent (DJ set) and more to be announced.

Rock and roll, bitch, HoV BK was into it.

Prep for your next festival destination with an XMU-curated playlist featuring St. Vincent, Arcade Fire, Jack White, and more.

SiriusXM’s Alt Nation DJ and music programmer Jeff Regan breaks down eight rising festival artists you don’t want to miss.

Florence + the Machine / photo by Adrian Santos
Eleven years after its debut, the Golden Gate Park extravaganza continues to push away the fog.

The Growlers-curated festival returns with a brand new energy—not to mention a resurrected Ramones.

St. Vincent / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Japanese Breakfast, St. Vincent, and Just Loud tore up the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel for FLOODfest’s fourth year.

Featuring Annie Clark in conversation with Phillipa Price, and Arcade Fire in conversation with Preservation Hall Jazz Band, plus Lizzo, Sunflower Bean, Jungle, and more. Presented by Toyota and SiriusXM.

Plus, enter to win a trip to Chicago to go to Lollapalooza as well.