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

Grails, Miracle Music
Regaining the fast momentum with which they released their early material, the instrumental post-rockers’ ninth LP is defined by a meditative feel coursing through the songs’ proverbial veins.

M(h)aol, Something Soft
On their second LP, the Dublin trio weave through belligerent post-punk and quasi-industrial aesthetics, manipulating song structures and having fun with atonal soundscapes.

Ezra Furman, Goodbye Small Head
A glitchy folk-punk opera like a pastoral take on Lou Reed’s Berlin, the songwriter’s quivering-yet-empowered latest sees her knocked down—but never knocked out.
Kim March

The National / photo by Molly Adams
Their self-titled debut, “Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers,” and the “Cherry Tree” EP will return February 26.

Nancy Andersen walks us through the U.K. duo’s debut album that was four years in the making.

After teaming up for Sam I’s LP released earlier this year, the pair also discuss their preference for albums over singles.

The new project from Sam Spiegel’s N.A.S.A. teammate joins the producer to discuss how Tropkillaz works as a collaboration.

The single arrives with a much-needed peaceful video following a particularly stressful week.

The video arrives ahead of their collaborative album “Plastic Bouquet,” out December 11 via New West Records.

The songwriter performs the single from her “dawn” EP in Fort Greene Park.

Ambre photoshoot for Flood Magazine on September 18, 2020, in New Orleans, LA.
The LA-based songwriter returns to friends, family, and gumbo in New Orleans in the clip presented by Toyota and Fender Next.

The track will appear on the six-piece’s “Midnight Manor,” out this Friday.

Watch the band celebrate the release of recent single “I Love Us” in the clip presented by Toyota and Fender Next.

Along with the official remix, the rapper announced the #TimesUpRemix competition for Black women and non-binary people.

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“Feeling Down” and “Car Song” arrive ahead of the Austin rockers’ anticipated full-length.

The roots-rock star also announced a headlining gig at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for 2021.

David Gordon sets the jangly track from his forthcoming “Tropical Depression” to a cooped-up, psychedelic visual.

The group also shares a release date for the full first season of “Song Machine,” which includes features from St. Vincent, Beck, JPEGMAFIA, and many more.

“What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down” drops September 25.

St. Vincent / photo by Laura Studarus
The X Japan drummer reworks Annie Clark’s 2017 “MASSEDUCTION” single.

It’s the latest single from the band’s sixteenth album “American Head,” out September 11.

Savage’s piano-and-strings LP “Life Is Crazy” drops October 2 via Arbutus Records.

Portugal. The Man / photo by Adrian Santos
The “Annie” classic arrives alongside original songs by Sia, Chromeo, and Tove Lo on the track list.