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

Electrifying sets from Thom Yorke, Kali Uchis, King Princess, and more.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 by David Iskra
Featuring sets from Emmylou Harris, Fantastic Negrito, Robert Plant, and more.

Recent stuff you should get into.

New York’s fab-est five hit the Doheny State Beach stage with a special appearance by Eddie Vedder.

She was one of the headliners at this year’s Dana Point, CA coastal fest.

Wanna see the electropop icons IRL? Of course you do.

In addition to cuts from their classic 1998 album, the Bristol trip-hop duo surprised their audience with plenty of covers.

The band celebrated the twentieth anniversary of “S&M” in SF this weekend.

A round-up of what we’ve been digging lately.

Featuring stories on Carly Rae Jepsen, Jamila Woods, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, and Helado Negro.

We spent two days with The Marías behind the scenes of the annual San Francisco festival.

Clementine Creevy and the band frolic behind the scenes of the annual San Francisco festival.

People actually showed wtf
The rising LA indie band provides a glimpse behind the scenes at the annual San Francisco festival.

Childish Gambino
Record crowds descended upon the San Francisco festival also featuring Kacey Musgraves, Wallows, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Better Oblivion Community Center, and more.

The Helsinki music fest saw Solange, Blood Orange, Mitski, Father John Misty, and more take the stage.

Kacey Musgraves
Featuring Kacey Musgraves, Mitski, Tenacious D, and Shaq as DJ Diesel.

A round-up of what we’ve been digging as of late.

JPEGMAFIA at Pitchfork Festival. July 21, 2019. Photo by Joshua Mellin
It was a scorcher, featuring sets from Charli XCX, Stereolab, HAIM, CHAI, and many more.

Mannequin Pussy
Give a listen to some of our favorite songs and albums from last month.

On the grounds in the Woodlands with Young the Giant, X-Ambassadors, Sir Sly, NoMBe, Klingande, Yoke Lore, Bea Miller, and many more.