The self-proclaimed “photographer trapped in a rock band” reflects on her new memoir and photo book documenting her years playing bass in Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.
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Melissa Auf der Maur Is Regaining Her Creative Flow
The self-proclaimed “photographer trapped in a rock band” reflects on her new memoir and photo book documenting her years playing bass in Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Words: Steve Appleford
Photo: Norman Jean Roy
Additional Photos: Melissa Auf der Maur
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June McDoom Wants to Get You Into Weirder Music
The NYC-via-South-Florida songwriter discusses her genre-hopping debut for Jagjaguwar, Follow the Light, and how it was born from a struggle to fit in.
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Ryley Paskal
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Blondshell Is Letting Her Hair Down
In our latest digital cover story, Sabrina Teitelbaum discusses how she’s developed a sense of artistic agency that’s allowed her to draw closer to her intended sound on her third album, Violins.
Words: Erica Russell
Photos: Ebru Yildiz
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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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Everything But the Girl Announce Blue Reservoir LP, Share “Young and Dumb”
Words: Will Schube
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Eric Hilton Explores His Love for ’60s Bossa Nova on New Single with Natalia Clavier “Alma Boa”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Watch This Is the Kit Debut Their New Single “Safety Valve” with a Full-Band Studio Set
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Long-Lost David Bowie Concert Film to Be Repurposed as Immersive Show
Words: Will Schube
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5 Questions with 40 Watts From Nowhere Music Supervisor Mara Kuge
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Lambchop Shares MJ Lenderman’s Cover of “Weakened” From the Forthcoming Demoed EP
Words: Will Schube
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Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields Reunite Dead Man’s Bones, Share “Lost in the Night”
Words: Will Schube
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Mondo Cozmo and Jim James Serenade a Mannequin in Video for New Single “White Roses”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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The Flaming Lips Announce Debut LP for Third Man, Share Lead Single “God Will Control the Werewolves”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Thao’s Show Me Influences Playlist
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Bad Brains, Are You Ready
With these raw recordings from 1979, the DC band provides a glimpse into the birth of modern hardcore-punk—which would be far more exciting if we didn’t already have the incendiary Black Dots collection.
The Olivia Tremor Control, The Same Place
A sense of mortality hangs over the band’s final opus despite otherwise picking up right where they left off 27 years ago in proving that psych rock can be so much more than pastiche.
Queens of the Stone Age, Perfecth
The one-time stoner rockers sound totally at ease on an uncharacteristically relaxed-fit release that puts Josh Homme’s personality front-and-center.
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