Celebrate our tenth anniversary with the biggest issue we’ve ever made. FLOOD 13 is deluxe, 252-page commemorative edition—a collectible, coffee-table-style volume in a 12″ x 12″ format—packed with dynamic graphic design, stunning photography and artwork, and dozens of amazing artists representing the past, present, and future of FLOOD’s editorial spectrum, while also looking back at key moments and events in our history. Inside, you’ll find in-depth cover stories on Gorillaz and Magdalena Bay, plus interviews with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, Jazz Is Dead, Automatic, Rocket, and many more.
Smirk, Speculative Fiction
On his most purposeful and driven release yet, Nick Vicario teams up with members of Hotline TNT, Poison Ruin, and Ceremony for a mid-tempo homage to ’80s horror-punk.
Pixies, Complete B-Sides 1988-97 [Reissue]
Neatly charting the band’s evolution from noise militants to pop eccentrics, the first-ever vinyl release of this collection reminds us that Pixies’ trash was often purer than their peers’ gold.
Mekons, Horrorble (Mekons vs. Tony Maimone in Dub Conference)
At the ripe age of 50, the Leeds post-punk/alt-country collective revisits last year’s under-the-radar Horror LP as a dub record with the aid of Pere Ubu’s Tony Maimone.
Mischa Pearlman
It’s the latest taste of his new album, Oh Yeah?>, which also features Erykah Badu and Cecile Believe.
The updated track arrives ahead of his Ride Lonesome Tour this fall.
The star-studded song is Bridgers’ first new material since 2022.
A portion of ticket sales will benefit The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit for LGBTQ+ youth.
The immersive experience takes over Brooklyn’s Agger Fish Building from September 1 through 28.
The album will be released on September 25 via Partisan.
Pylon arrives September 18 via Dirty Hit/Interscope.
The record will be released on August 14 via Dead Oceans
The track is the English musician’s first new music in three years.
The album arrives August 28 via ATO Records; hear the lead single “Come Again” now.
Mannequin Pussy
The two rising bands have announced a co-headline tour starting October 30
The record comes out on Matador on September 11, and is preceded by first single, “Billy Came Back.”
The EP will be released on July 10 via RCA Records
Olivia Rodrigo
The non-profit event on August 29 in Irvine, CA will also include Stevie Nicks, Garbage, Die Spitz, The Breeders, Not For Radio, and Karen O.
UK post-punks Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney discuss their honest approach to politics and how they crafted their new EP O’Joy! out of outtakes from their first two records.
Produced by Jawbox’s J. Robbins and featuring songs written by MCR’s Frank Iero, the post-hardcore band’s third album since reuniting sees them firing on all cylinders from start to end.
The NYC duo return to their DIY roots on their creatively unbridled second LP, turning a highly unusual concept into something rather heartfelt and wonkily majestic.
Further expanding the majesty and swell of their sound, the Midwest emo icons’ widescreen fourth LP flows with darkness, morbidity, emotional distress, and a newfound sense of hope.
The sixth album from the Scottish proponents of existential angst is centered around the intertwining duality of death and life, fueled in turn by feelings of despair, disbelief, and defiance.
Shifting between post-hardcore, emo, and nu-metal, the Chicago outfit’s second LP sounds as if it could be a forgotten relic of the late-’90s—perhaps at the expense of it feeling like their own.
