The prolific English songwriter discusses his “most realized record in a long time,” The Confuser, as well as the importance of making fun music in unhappy times.
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5 Questions with Robyn Hitchcock
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Finn Wolfhard Is Leaning Into the Weird and Imperfect
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In Conversation
Tricky Breaks His Silence
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Backstage Camera Roll: Gigi Perez at Citi Field for Noah Kahan’s “Great Divide” Tour
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Johnny Marr Returns with “Ophelia,” the Second Single From His Forthcoming Solo LP
Words: Mike LeSuer
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IAN SWEET Takes Us Track by Track Through Her Searching New LP Shiverstruck
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Pulp Share Trailer for New Concert Doc What Do You Do for an Encore?
Words: Will Schube
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The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo Recruits Tierra Whack and Leikeli47 for “Jumpupw!nya”
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Teenage Fanclub Announce New LP Do Not Dare to Dream, Share “Day in the Sun”
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Katrina Ford Reaches Beyond This Earthly Plane on New Single “Transcending”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Berra Grabs Her Next Era by the Horns with New Single “OUCH”
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Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, and MJ Lenderman Lead New Neil Young Covers Comps
Militarie Gun Announce Deluxe Version of God Save the Gun, Share New Song with Mannequin Pussy
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Wolves of Glendale Share a Unique Proposition with New Single “My Uncle Got a Hot Tub”
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Alex Izenberg Sings the South California Blues on New Single
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Watch Mountain of Youth Perform in Athens, Georgia for “Neighborhoods”
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Watch Born at Midnite Perform in Montreal for “Neighborhoods”
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Finn Wolfhard Is Leaning Into the Weird and Imperfect
The musician, actor, and filmmaker discusses the recording process for Fire From the Hip, as well as critical pop culture events that aided in shaping its conceptual links.
Words: Noah Wade
Photos: Louie Nice
In Conversation
Tricky Breaks His Silence
The trip-hop trailblazer discusses Different When It’s Silent, his stunning new album that helped him emerge out of trauma.
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
Photos: Steve Gullick
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Art & Culture
Smithsonian Artists Under Attack: Felipe Galindo and Rigoberto A. González Won’t Let Their History Be Erased
Victims of the Trump administration’s attack on the Smithsonian’s “anti-American” collections, the artists—along with Galindo’s wife Andrea Arroyo, whose artwork was targeted during Trump’s first term—speak to the power their art holds.
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photos: Cesar Vera and Xavier Tavera
Art: Felipe Galindo, Rigoberto A. González, and Andrea Arroyo
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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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Vince Staples Stops by NPR’s Tiny Desk
Words: Will Schube
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Body Type’s Tally Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jack Saltmiras
Chelsea Wolfe Announces Most Chelsea Wolfe–Sounding Album Imaginable, The Dark
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kevin Allen
Sylvan Esso Announce New LP Ow ∞, Share New Single “Concrete Glen”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Tonje Thilesen
Neighborhoods
Watch Keenan O’Meara Perform in the Southern Catskills for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
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Elephant Stone Usher Us Into a Sugary Wonderland with New Single “I Got a Pill”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Bowen Stead
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Gloria de Oliveira Teases New LP The Lying Swans with Lead Single “Fading Faces”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Beto Ruiz Alonso
Art & Culture
Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur Announces Photo Exhibit and ’90s Demo Collection
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Film & TVFilm Review
Sumptuous and Thrilling, The Odyssey Coasts on Casting Just as Much as Spectacle
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photo: Universal Pictures
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Emma Ayzenberg Psychs Herself Up for a Tough Conversation on New Single “I Will Pretend”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: H. West
Mike D Takes Aim at Crypto Schemers on the Latest Cut From His Debut Solo Album
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jack Coleman
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Daisy the Great Discuss Each Collaboration on Their New Version of The Rubber Teeth Talk
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Athen Smith
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5 Non-Musical Influences on Moodie Black’s Era-Ending All Natural, Moodie Black
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Charli XCX, Music, Fashion, Film
The pop star’s guitar-strewn reset is the stuff of savage, searing power-pop with primal, minimalist rhythms and a hint of sleek, sizzling electronics.
The Strokes, Reality Awaits
With their first album in six years, the influential garage rockers have defiantly moved on from slacker apathy in favor of a synthier era defined by an unexpected foray into the political.
Mojave 3, Mojave 3: 1995-2006
The Slowdive offshoot’s five melancholic LPs were remastered to more clearly express Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead’s vision of hillbilly heartache and dustbowl romanticism.
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