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

Viagra Boys, viagr aboys
The Swedish post-punks’ fourth album combines half-assed humor with half-assed performances, filling in the void left by guitar-centric punk with demented synth tinkering.

Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime
The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core.

BRUIT ≤, The Age of Ephemerality
The French post-rock band lyrically addresses the unthinkable progress and regression of our post-internet age via droning metal and modern-classical sound on their second LP.
FLOOD Staff

From Amen Dunes to Yo La Tengo, twenty-five releases from this year that are leading the pack.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs / photo by Joyce Jude Lee
The NYC-based music festival’s eighth year featured headlining performances by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Travis Scott, Eminem, and Jack White.

Depeche Mode / photo by David Iskra
The new wave legends took Sactown by storm with special guests BRMC.

photo by Kirby Gladstein
The FLOOD 8 cover star played her new album in its entirety for a packed congregation at the converted synagogue venue.

Our latest print edition is our first-ever double issue, featuring four cover stories—on Jack White, Courtney Barnett, Roy Choi (in conversation with Portugal. The Man), and Kate Berlant and John Early.

Sunflower Bean / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Photographer Carlo Cavaluzzi captures Kurt Vile, Dr. Octagon, and more between sets.

Day three of FLOODfest SXSW featuring Porches, Kurt Vile, Speedy Ortiz, and more.

Starcrawler / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Day two of FLOODfest SXSW featuring Starcrawler, Jukebox the Ghost, Lucy Dacus, and more.

Dr. Octagon / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Day one of FLOODfest SXSW featuring Dr. Octagon, Hinds, Cut Chemist, and more.

Tei Shi
In its twenty-sixth year, San Francisco’s week-long music and arts festival is louder now than it’s ever been.

Clock’s a-tickin’, but we’ve got you covered.

Ten shows that kept us watching, through binge and cringe.

Ten movies that defined the year, for better or for worse.

Twenty-five full-lengths that kept us going, one way or the other.

Ten compositions that changed our landscapes, big and small.

Our latest print edition features Miguel in conversation with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, and an in-depth chat with artist Sage Vaughn.

Eighteen food and drink recipes straight from the stars of the fest’s fourth year.

Featuring in-depth stories on Hundred Waters, Buff Monster, Vince Staples, and Demetri Martin, in addition to our picks and tips for this year’s festival slate.

photo by Santos Social Club
Belle and Sebastian, Fleet Foxes, Kaytranada, and more play in the Bay.

Party at the lake house.