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

Preoccupations, Ill at Ease
The Calgary post-punks couldn’t sound more comfortable in their own skin on their ironically titled fifth album, which seamlessly alternates between joyful and haunting moods.

Provoker, Mausoleum
Production from Kenny Beats heightens the LA trio’s signature gloominess on their third album of mournful 19th century gothic narratives and mirthful 1980s horror nostalgia.

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.
FLOOD Staff

2014. Christopher Owens “Nothing More than Everything to Me” video screenshot
In case you weren’t sure where the former Girls frontman Christopher Owens would go after the release of last year’s…

The Canadian-based indie rock group The Rural Alberta Advantage—widely recognized as being one of the most outstanding live bands out…

2014. Weezer press photo by Emily Shur.
Today Weezer finally announced the all important release date for their tenth LP. Everything Will Be Alright in the End…

2014. Cloud Nothings, “Psychic Trauma” video still
As the dust settles after the release of their third album Here And Nowhere Else, Cloud Nothings have released a…

2014. Ryan Adams press shot, courtesy of High Road Touring
After all the albums that Ryan Adams put out over the past decade, the three-year silence since 2011’s Ashes &…

2014. Bootstraps “Oh Ca” video
LA-based folk-rock quartet Bootstraps recently released yet another live music video, this time, the short film depicts a killer performance…

2014. Tycho press photo by Reuben Wu
Just in time for the three-day holiday weekend, Tycho (one of our favorite records of the year so far) has…

SOUND ADVICE: FLOOD’s 10 Best Records of 2014 (So Far) header
At the half-year mark, we’re here to reflect on the sounds of the year 2014 to date. From a self-titled siren and a long-awaited solo debut to a career-defining record and a sound-scaping journey, here the editorial staff of FLOOD discusses the best albums of the year so far.

2014. Naomi Punk press photo.
Olympia, Washington, trio Naomi Punk keep the energy of their punk tracks pent up and ready to explode. With their…

2014. De Lux “Moments” video
De Lux’s video for their single, the new-wave-nostalgic “Moments,” follows a lovelorn human robot-wannabe searching for love on the streets…

Much like their music, Allah-Las’ newest video for their sun-soaked single, “501-415,” is laced with vintage vibes. Taking place in…

2014. Trapper Keeper Tablet Cover
Filed under “remember these??”: Kensington has resurrected the middle-school binders that kept you so organized (and awesome) that you just had to…

Hundred Waters performs live in 2014 at The Earl in Atlanta, Georgia / photo by Max Sweeney
Photos by Max Sweeney

This summer, Merge Records will celebrate their silver anniversary, and no, not with flatware. From July 28 through August 9,…

2014. Spoon press photo for “They Want My Soul” by Tom Hines.
Spoon has done it again, debuting yet another powerhouse preview of their upcoming album They Want My Soul. We’ve already…

Fifty years ago, on July 6, 1964, crowds of teenagers across the UK poured into movie theaters to see the…

The influential blues and soul musician has died at age 70.

A Sunny Day In Glasgow shared their new video for their Sea When Absenttrack, “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry…

2014. Cloud Boat press photo by Simon Lesley
Cloud Boat, the London electronic duo of Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke, have released a few singles in the lead-up…

This morning, Pink Mountaintops debuted the video for their latest single, “The Second Summer of Love,” off of their fourth…