Filmmakers Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams discuss their new documentary feature about the Sunset Marquis and its many famous residents over the years.
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If These Walls Could Rock: The Untold Story of Music’s Most Legendary Hotel
Words: Lily Moayeri
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Live, in Photos: Outside Lands 2026 with The Strokes, Lucy Dacus, Turnstile, and More
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Geniuses of Love: Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth Revisit Tom Tom Club
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Claud Kicks Off Me and the Music Era with Optimistic Single “She Doesn’t Love Me”
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If These Walls Could Rock: The Untold Story of Music’s Most Legendary Hotel
Filmmakers Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams discuss their new documentary feature about the Sunset Marquis and its many famous residents over the years.
Words: Lily Moayeri
Geniuses of Love: Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth Revisit Tom Tom Club
With the release of Let There Be Love, a career-spanning box set from the Talking Heads offshoot, the duo reflect on Tom Tom Club’s origins, creative evolution, Stop Making Sense, and more.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photo: Courtesy Rhino Records
Additional Photos: Michael Grecco
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Gregg Araki on the Passion, Creativity, and Boldness of I Want Your Sex
The filmmaker discusses fictionalizing his own experiences and bringing his “bright” and “crazy” world to life with his first new film in over a decade.
Words: Adam Davidson
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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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Catch Turnstile, Charli XCX, The Strokes, and More on the Outside Lands Live Stream This Weekend
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Christian Sarkine
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Portraits From Lollapalooza 2026: Water From Your Eyes, INJI, Momma, and More
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Bella Peterson
Westside Cowboy Share “Dobro” Ahead of New LP Out Later This Month
Words: Will Schube
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New Mini Doc Changes: The Story of Sugar Explores the History of the Bob Mould–Led Outfit
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Phoebe Bridgers Announces Release-Week Planetarium Events for Lost Weekend
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Watch DICE Perform at Tone City Records in Australia for “FLOOD Sessions”
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Live, in Photos: Tame Impala and Djo at Bridgestone Arena
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Dawn Richard Teases New LP Creole Culture, an Ode to Her Progressive Vision of New Orleans
Words: Will Schube
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This Is Lorelei Shares “Good But Hard to Sing” New Single “Oh No Now My”
Words: Will Schube
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Danielle Ponder Announces New LP Everything Has Changed, Shares “Sun and Moon”
Words: Will Schube
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Wealthy Women’s Children Influences Playlist
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Fraternal Twin Return to Ithaca, So to Speak, with New Single “Medicine”
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Live, in Photos: Lollapalooza 2026 with Slayyyter, Turnstile, Not for Radio, and More
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Ada Lea, the end is a wave
Alexandra Levy offers another peek into her overflow of creativity with a brief set of songs spanning her career as a songwriter, making it easier to appreciate their subtle contrasts.
Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing?
A potluck of conversation, community, and love abounds on the jazz-forward supergroup’s third album, a full-course meal as lean as it is filling.
Margaret Glaspy, I Am Both
The title of the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s fourth album suggests an artist who contains multitudes, something to which these songs readily attest.
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