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
For one night, the spirit of New Orleans was alive in snowy Park City.
Arcade Fire’s Win and Regine with Preservation Hall Band at Make Change event at Sundance in Park City, UT. January 26, 2019.
“If you go to a village and hear music it’s a sign of life. It’s a sign that something is happening besides pure survival.”
Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Charlie Gabriel. Photo by Danny Clinch
Salesforce’s Make Change is a new series that celebrates music as a platform for change, taking place the first weekend of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City.
Have some panicked last minute holiday shopping to do? Look no further.
Arcade Fire, 2018 by Paul Costello
This fundraising event combines Haitian culture with New Orleans party spirit.
Ten tracks we relied on in an ever-changing year.
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.
