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

Hotline TNT, Raspberry Moon
Will Anderson’s debut with a full band exhibits his fondness for crunchy shoegaze while incorporating a stripped-down, folk-referencing sound tinged with melancholic guitar.

Yaya Bey, Do It Afraid
In its 18 brief, blipping songs, the Brooklyn neo-soul artist’s latest venture into old-school rap, acid jazz, soca, and trip-dub is closer to a groove mixtape than a cohesive album.

HAIM, I Quit
The sister trio’s fourth full-length is a summer breakup concept record that’s intimate, powerful, and too scattered within its catharsis.
FLOOD Staff

From daily concerts to whatever Charli XCX has in store for us, we’ve got you covered.

The National / photo by Molly Adams
From daily concerts to whatever Charli XCX has in store for us, we’ve got you covered.

From daily concerts to whatever Charli XCX has in store for us, we’ve got you covered.

“During this unprecedented time, fans will have the chance to experience iconic performances from their living rooms.”

From daily concerts to whatever Charli XCX has in store for us, we’ve got you covered.

Our recommendations from a short month that feels long.

Hop Along / photo by Carlo Cavaluzzi
Our recommendations from the first month of a new decade.

From the return of Stereolab to the passing of David Berman, here’s the music news that shaped our year.

The best chats we had this year with our favorite artists spanning music, film, TV, and more.

We got around a lot this year.

Stressed about gift giving? We got you.

There’s a lotta TV out there. But this is the cream of the crop.

There’s really no telling what you’re getting into when you purchase a movie ticket anymore.

Olsen is on tour in support of “All Mirrors,” joined here by opener Vagabon.

Ten tracks we’ll go to the mat for.

Twenty-five records that brought joy in a tough year.

Our recommendations from turkey month.

We asked Charly Bliss, Best Coast, Grouplove, Local Natives, and more to tell us the records they loved most this decade.

Angel Olsen at Levitation in Austin, TX. November 7, 2019. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Angel Olsen, The Flaming Lips, Chelsea Wolfe, Dinosaur Jr., and more brought their psychedelic sounds to Austin this past weekend.

Here’s what’s good.