Ahead of the release of his highly collaborative new album Distracted, Stephen Bruner talks getting by in the digital age.
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Thundercat Is Finding the Beat in the Blur
Ahead of the release of his highly collaborative new album Distracted, Stephen Bruner talks getting by in the digital age.
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photos: Wilson Lee
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The West Texas songwriter shares how the loneliness of her upbringing within the state’s conservative traditions helped her find catharsis with her debut album Queen of Texas.
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Silversun Pickups and Butch Vig Are Putting Each Other at Ease
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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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23 Songs That Have Been Jammed in ADULT.’s Heads for Quite a While
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deary, Birding
Sounding like a band well into their second decade of existence, the London-based dream-pop trio stretch each song on their debut without ever letting them overstay their welcome.
Flea, Honora
While the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist’s collaboration-heavy foray into jazz occasionally errs on the side of pensive, it’s never anything less than heartfelt.
Robyn, Sexistential
The Stockholm-based electropop auteur’s ode to motherhood falls right in line with her always-mature, somewhat-confrontational manner of making desire-driven dance pop.
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