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Live, in Photos: Leeds 2026 with Fontaines D.C., Raye, Slayyyter, and More
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Kimberley Ross
Five Years in the Day of Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Robin Laananen
Track by Track
Henry Rollins Gets to the Meat of The Cramps’ Newly Released Gravest Gravy
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Richard Bishop, Tiffany Winton, Ross Halfin
In Conversation
Resurrecting Lost Sounds with Jim James
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photo: Keri Ellen
Perfect Day
Perfect Day in Oklahoma City: Chat Pile
Words: FLOOD Staff
Playlist
Noah Hill of Parcels’ Ok Ok Now Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Melissa Gardner
Logic1000 Recruits Christine and the Queens for “The Only One”
Words: Will Schube
Clinic Announce New LP Wild in the Streets, Share “You and I”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Mia Lou
First Listen
WHY? Share Video For New Single “Story of My Life”—Alongside the Entire Back Half of Their New LP
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Eric Tankel
First Listen
Porcelain Spend a Day at the Skate Park in Video for New Single “Waltz”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Pooneh Ghana
5 Questions
5 Questions with The Warning
Words: Lyndsey Parker
Photos: Mario Chavez
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Lily Seabird Shares “Lightspheres on Their Way,” Announces December Headlining Tour
Neighborhoods
Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce Royal Albert Hall Live Album and Concert Film
First Listen
Adorable’s Pete Fij Gets Lost in His Obsessions on New Single “Wake Up Honey”
Playlist
Dexys Midnight Runners’ LOVE Influences Playlist
First Listen
NØ MAN Rage Against Fascist Sloganeering on New Single “Zoo”
Neighborhoods
Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch The Suffers’ Kam Franklin Perform in Northwest Houston for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Kelly Doyle Perform Two Songs in West Texas for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Margaret Glaspy Perform in Woodstock, New York for “Neighborhoods”
FLOOD Sessions
Watch DICE Perform at Tone City Records in Australia for “FLOOD Sessions”
Neighborhoods
Watch MT Jones Perform in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn for “Neighborhoods”
FLOOD Sessions
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Watch Arturo Sandoval Play “Sangú” Live at Blue Note Tokyo for “FLOOD Sessions”
Features
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Five Years in the Day of Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock
The band’s frontman takes us through the winding passages of their grief-stricken LP An Eraser and a Maze after an initial meeting around 2021’s The Golden Casket ran well off-course.
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Robin Laananen
Track by Track
Henry Rollins Gets to the Meat of The Cramps’ Newly Released Gravest Gravy
The punk lifer, archivist, and Cramps vault-keeper breaks down each track on the newly unearthed collection of material recorded with Alex Chilton at Ardent Studios in 1977.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Richard Bishop, Tiffany Winton, Ross Halfin
In Conversation
Resurrecting Lost Sounds with Jim James
The My Morning Jacket frontman chats about his meditative new psych-rock solo album Wowed Out and music’s capacity to heal.
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photo: Keri Ellen
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13
The Tenth Anniversay Issue
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.
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5 Questions
5 Questions with Evil Island
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photos: Steve Hash
Playlist
Darcy Baylis’ Emotronica Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Elsa Gottvall
Olivia Rodrigo Prepares for Inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Fest with New Mountain Dew Flavor
Words: Mike LeSuer
David Byrne Announces New 70mm Concert Film Directed by Brady Corbet
Words: Will Schube
Photos: Kimberley Ross
untitled (halo) Announce Debut LP, Share Perfectly Titled Single “Aimee Lou Wood Freestyle”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jester Bulnes
Thao Recruits Dream Collaborator Neko Case for New Track “Catch as Catch Can”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kimberly Ha
Erykah Badu and The Alchemist’s Before the World Blows to Feature Thundercat, Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, and More
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Adraint Bereal
The Beatles Share “Day Tripper (Songwriting Work Tape)” Ahead of Rubber Soul Reissue
Words: Will Schube
Photo: courtesy of Apple Corps Ltd
In Memoriam
“A Rhinestone Shines Just As Good As a Diamond”: Remembering Dolly Parton
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Art: Kii Arens
First Listen
Jeffrey Silverstein Goes Kraut-Country on New Instrumental Cut “Patchouli”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Eric Loeffler
Sylvan Esso Share “On & On” From New Album Ow ∞
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Tonje Thilesen
Shudder to Think Announce Who Sent You?, First New Project in Almost Three Decades
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Diona Mavis
Paul Thomas Anderson to Release Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall Through Janus and Criterion
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Joshua Mellin
Reviews
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case / lang / veirs, case / lang / veirs [10th Anniversary Edition]
A 2016 meeting of the minds that’s grown to be an indie-folk classic, Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs revisit their dynamic collaboration with a trove of bonus live material.
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist, Before the World Blows
With mind expansion and mood-music making on their docket, the righteous pairing of Badu’s jazzy vocals and Alc’s sampledelic production is everything you hoped it could be.
Interpol, This Mirror Weighs a Ton
Nearly 25 years after their debut, the post-punk revivalists shatter the illusion of entropy with an ominous collision of tech-era anxieties and visceral sonic world-building.
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