The producer, songwriter, and former Vampire Weekend member discusses his humanist exploration of queer Iranian-American identity on American Stories.
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In Conversation
Rostam’s Stories Are Your Stories, Too
The producer, songwriter, and former Vampire Weekend member discusses his humanist exploration of queer Iranian-American identity on American Stories.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photo: Nick Delisi
Film & TVIn Conversation
Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Ildikó Enyedi on Finding Common Ground with Silent Friend
The film’s Hong Kong co-star and Hungarian writer-director talk Buddhism, being at one with nature, and their deeply human new project.
Words: Adam Davidson
Photos: courtesy of 1-2 Special
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Linda Perry Isn’t Letting the Dream Die
The songwriting icon talks her revelatory new solo album Let It Die Here and its companion documentary project of the same name, reuniting 4 Non Blondes, and more.
Words: Maia Raymer
Photos: Sheva Kafai
Styling: Gara Gambucci and Serafina Orlovas (Style Alchemist)
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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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Pixies Announce Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 Reissue
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Renaud Monfourny
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Words: Will Schube
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Rare DM Is Lost at Sea (or Along the East River) in the Video for New Single “Mean Girled”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Widowspeak’s Medieval Fantasies Become a Reality in Video for New Single “Soft Cover”
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Backstage Camera Roll: Love Spells’ Sold-Out Permanent Records Set
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WU LYF’s A Wave That Will Never Break Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Mike D Shares “Switch Up,” First New Music From a Beastie Boy in 15 Years
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Ok Cowgirl Are Back Behind the Bar in Video for New Single “Prepared to Lose”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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L7 Announce “The Last Hurrah” Farewell Tour
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The Marshall Project Is Amplifying the Creative Voices of Prisoners
Words: Dan Epstein
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Dua Saleh, Of Earth & Wires
The Sudanese-American songwriter’s second album blends R&B and electronic pop with spoken-word poetry to create a tapestry of lush sounds and mythic language.
Kraftwerk, Radio-Activity [50th Anniversary Edition]
This re-release presents a band that’s palatably gleeful to have figured out their formula with an astonishingly cohesive and weirdly poppy picture of a Cold War–fogged world.
Towa Bird, Gentleman
The shred-bending guitarist is out for blood on her second LP as she channels femme-punk fury and four-on-the-floor disco beats into songs aiming to bust the heads of the pop patriarchy.
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