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

Model/Actriz, Pirouette
The NYC-based project’s second album delights in its confident sense of chaos, with vocalist Cole Haden knowing full well there’s no way we’re going to avert our gaze for a single moment.

Car Seat Headrest, The Scholars
Channeling Ziggy Stardust’s glam transcendence, Will Toledo resurrects the album as a grandiose narrative vehicle while marking his valiant stride into the rock canon.

Andy Bell, Ten Crowns
The Erasure frontman works out something open and anthemic on his latest solo album, with producer Dave Audé adding subtler shades to his post-house pop mix.
FLOOD Staff

Viet Cong / 2014 / credit: Colin Way
Following the earth-shaking single “Continental Shelf,” the Calgary post-punk (and post-Women) group Viet Cong have shared the dark new track…

Bristol, CT – February 20, 2014 – Studio F: Stuart Scott on the set of SportsCenter (Photo by Rich Arden…
The legendary sportscaster and cultural icon passed away on Sunday.

Tom Waits, courtesy of Anti
When it comes to surviving the holiday season, Tom Waits has a bit of advice: “Strangle all the Christmas carols…

Ice Choir “Pure Holiday” crop
There’s only so many times you can spin Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas (JK—it’s the gift that keeps on giving), so…

The Lego Movie header
The Lego Movie is loud, brash, and packed shamelessly with pop culture references that lean toward people who grew up…

2014. “Better Call Saul” trailer screenshot
Better Call Saul’s publicity rollout has been both peculiar and awesome so far, but as the show’s premiere quickly approaches, it…

As the train chugs up to the Utrecht station, they begin appearing by the thousands. Bikes. Multi-tiered racks burst at…

Yeah Yeahs Yeahs / credit: Josh Wildman
In the wake of her debut solo album Love Songs, Karen O recently spoke with NME about the future of…

St. Vincent / photo by Suzanne Cordeiro
The Black Keys and St. Vincent have made for one unlikely but electrifying touring duo this year, and their Austin show at the Frank Erwin Center was no exception to their respective reputations as top-notch live performers.

Since 2008, Zach Galifianakis has been asking A-list celebrities the tough questions that other talk show hosts are too scared…

SNL Dr. Evil appearance Mike Myers
After more than twelve years of hiding, Dr. Evil stepped out this weekend (presumably from his underground lair) in order…

2014. Joe Cocker press photo
Joe Cocker has passed away, Sony Music confirms. He was most famous for his inimitable gravelly, soulful voice. The singer succumbed to small…

Willett Distillery bourbon barrels
Yes indeed-y, it’s a bold statement that this Willett baby rye is among the best to come from the river of…

Snowpiecer screenshot
If you haven’t seen (or, ugh, even heard of) this dystopian masterpiece, you can hardly be blamed. In addition to…

Game of Thrones Dany season 4 / photo by Macall B. Poloy/HBO
In all honesty, writing a brief, succinct, and informative rundown of why Game of Thrones was some of the best…

The War on Drugs / 2014 / photo by Dusdin Condren
On The War on Drugs’ third longplayer, frontman Adam Granduciel is a travelin’ man. Whether escaping some domestic restraint for…

Screenshot from Pink Floyd’s “Live in Pompeii”
A look back on some of the defining moments in music history, played on the Stratocaster.

The Evil Within video games
In The Evil Within, the latest game from Resident Evil designer/creator Shinji Mikami, police detective Sebastian Castellanos investigates a brutal mass murder…

Run the Jewels / 2014 / photo by Vic Michael
There’s no hotter rap duo on the planet right now than Jamie and Mike, and this second Run The Jewels…

Second by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Bryan Lee O’Malley is most famous for his six-volume set about slacker superhero Scott Pilgrim, and it’s been four long…