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

Dijon, Baby
On the follow-up to his 2021 debut, Dijon Duenas lays glitchy, psychedelic textures atop his familiar alt-R&B sound to evoke a fractured internet-like aesthetic that’s often mesmerizing.

Rich Brian, Where Is My Head?
The edgy but earnest Indonesian-American rapper further leans into his identity on his first album in six years, welcoming a variety of guests on his trek through self-actualization.

Marissa Nadler, New Radiations
The gothic songwriter’s latest collection of bad-dream vignettes feels like a return to the mold she was cast in as she wrestles with the current state of her country through obscured lyrics.
FLOOD Staff

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The Nigerian-born songwriter plays two tracks from her debut EP “The Arrival.”

This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Let’s Eat Grandma, Guerilla Toss, Aldous Harding, Spoon, Midlake, and Lucius.

The North Carolina–born R&B artist strips the song down to vocals and guitar in his new home of LA.

Daniel Fox braves the elements to perform the track in his hometown.

Our picks for the 10 most captivating movies of the year.

Wet Leg, Noga Erez, Arlo Parks, Little Simz, and more top the charts closing out our online radio station’s inaugural year.

10 series that made us beg friends and family for their login info.

The blues artist sings “Souled Out on You” and “All My Hope” from his recent album “Sharecropper’s Son.”

10 tracks that made the year feel a little brighter.

25 records that helped us reorient ourselves to the outside world.

The Miami showcase also featured DJ sets from Keen One and the Desperate ApeWives collective.

Jade Jackson and Aubrie Sellers sing “The Devil Is an Angel” and “The World Is Black” from their recent collaborative album “Breaking Point.”

The LA-based songwriter gives an acoustic performance of the single to a rapt audience.

The band braves the heat to perform the closer to their recent EP “Is It Time to Eat the Rich Yet?”

With her new album “Valentine” out now, Lindsey Jordan will be sharing stories and guest DJing in the new episode airing all week.

This week’s “Fave 15” podcast also includes Day Wave, Rosalía feat. The Weeknd, Lo Moon, Courtney Barnett, Fana Hues, and VHS Collection.

Both tracks appeared on the songwriter’s recently released debut EP “A World Gone By.”

Maceo Vidal-Haymes plays an acoustic version of the track as the slow-zooming camera reveals his surroundings.

Burgess will be playing his favorite records from the early-’90s while reminiscing on the early Madchester days this Sunday.

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FLOOD FM will be running interviews recorded on the Golden Gate Park festival grounds from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. PST.