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

Various artists, True Names: A Benefit for Trans Youth
Worry Bead Records compiles tracks from Squirrel Flower, Remember Sports, 22° Halo, and more conjuring a wistful world of lo-fi elegance while raising funds for a very worthwhile cause.

Beach Bunny, Tunnel Vision
On their third album, Chicago’s grungey power-pop outfit neatly balances present-day anxieties with wistful nostalgia while sagely ruminating on existential struggle and broader social themes.

SUMAC & Moor Mother, The Film
Their debut collaboration stitches the poet/emcee’s potent oratory chops through the metal group’s free-form sounds to create an avant-garde epic concerning human rights, violence, and empire.
FLOOD Staff

2014 Burton website screenshot of snowboarder
A new wardrobe for a new season.

2014 J. J. Abrams teases Millennium Falcon with Batmobile clip
Director J. J. Abrams releases what looks like Star Wars footage, but adds a touch of Batman to the mix.

Death From Above 1979 logo
Dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 has a pretty sick logo worthy of wearing on your back. Well, now all…

The Breaking Bad actor immerses himself in the dramatic world of baseball to promote the postseason.

2014. Yoko Ono with Kids in front of the John Lennon Bus.
Yoko Ono helps to celebrate the bus tour’s residency in New York City

Earlier this year, the post-punk British band Eagulls put out a fantastic self-titled debut, which included the outstanding single “Nerve…

Hey, LA! Come and join us next Wednesday, September 17, as we throw down an awesome night of music with…

The legendary director portrays the history and cultural impact of the New York Review of Books over the last fifty years.

Björk courtesy of Wellhart One Little Indian
There’s no question that anything Björk is involved with is a whimsical spectacle. Her avant-garde costumes, theatrical performances, and ethereal…

screenshot from Death From Above 1979’s “Trainwreck 1979” music video
Music’s inspirational power—that spark your favorite band ignites in your soul—is limitless. In the first music video from Death From…

2014 Jeff Golbum on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
Last night, your cool uncle Jeff Goldblum swung by Late Night with Seth Meyers to serenade a willing audience (who…

The tech giant revealed not just one, but three new products, and some major improvement features to go with them.

The punk band returns to NBC after being banned for nearly three decades.

Phantogram header from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on 9/5/2014 / Photo by Alix Spence
Photos by Alix Spence


Behind the music and the songs of Nick Cave, there is a brilliant and fascinating man. 20,000 Days On Earth…

2014 press photo of Karen O. Photo by Barney Clay.
We’ve been waiting for Karen O to release Crush Songs for quite some time now. It’s her first solo album, featuring…

Some of the members of Radiohead have been pretty busy in the last few years with their own side projects….

2014 “David Bowie Is” documentary still
David Bowie’s career is marked by iconic music, memorable visuals, and unique costumes that are so quintessentially…Bowie. The Victoria and…

2014 Aphex Twin press photo for “Syro”
Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin, has emerged from musical obscurity after thirteen years of mostly silence. The…