With their recent protest singles, both the Boss and Bono have dispensed with poetry’s folderol of metaphor and allegory and gone straight for the jugular.
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The Protest Song of the Elder Statesman: On Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s “American Obituary”
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Ratboys Are Singin’ to Bigger Rooms
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Rosanna Arquette Is Living in Charli XCX’s Moment
Words: Adam Davidson
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Don’t Call Tom Noonan a Monster
Words: Greg Cwik
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Guided by Voices’ Doug Gillard Invites Us on His Commute in Video for New Track “Face of Smiles”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Temples Get Physical on Hypnotic New Single “Jet Stream Heart”
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Foo Fighters Announce New LP Your Favorite Toy, Share Title Track
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Rostam Releases the Original Version of Vampire Weekend’s “Campus”
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Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten Shares New Song From Peaky Blinders Film Soundtrack
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Photo: Eimear Lynch
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Cowboy Hunters’ Songs to Hunt Cowboys To
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Snowcuffs Combat Ambivalence with Sylvia Plath–Inspired New Single “Burst”
Film & TVFilm + TV EssayIn Memoriam
The Calm Determination of Robert Duvall
U2 Usher in Ash Wednesday with New EP Days of Ash
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Joe Pera and Dan Licata Are Reteaming with Adult Swim for New Animated Series My Two Cars
Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming Announces Debut Solo LP, Teams Up with Edgar Wright for “My Life” Video
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Against My Better Judgment: On Being Won Over by “Wuthering Heights”
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Watch Glom Perform Two Songs in Park Slope, Brooklyn for “Neighborhoods”
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Watch Small Shake Perform in LA’s Elysian Park for “Neighborhoods”
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Ratboys Are Singin’ to Bigger Rooms
After a tour with The Decemberists and a prominent song sync, the Chicago-based indie rockers talk dealing with more exposure upon the release of their new LP Singin’ to an Empty Chair.
Words: Kurt Orzeck
Photos: Miles Kalchik
Film & TVIn Conversation
Rosanna Arquette Is Living in Charli XCX’s Moment
The actress discusses her role in the new mockumentary The Moment, the Brat phenomenon, and the ever-changing production landscape of music and film.
Words: Adam Davidson
Photo: courtesy of A24
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Converge’s Jacob Bannon on the Realism and Vulnerability of Love Is Not Enough
The influential metal and hardcore band’s leader discusses hitting a singularly raw nerve on their eleventh LP—this time with some potent socio-political reflections thrown into the mix.
Words: Tom Morgan
Photo: Jason Zucco
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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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St. Vincent, Foo Fighters, and Al Green Lead Hollywood Bowl 2026 Summer Season
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Daniel Agnello
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Ringing Break Free of Frustrating Patterns on New Single “want2want2”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Luke Ivanovich
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Watch Mothé Perform in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights for “Neighborhoods”
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Film & TV
CHVRCHES Share Cover of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Elliot Hazel
Lana Del Rey Recruits Her Family on New Single “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter”
Words: Will Schube
Photo Courtesy of: Interscope Capitol
Listen to “Reckless,” a New Song From the Late Nipsey Hussle
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jimmy Fontaine
Failure Announce Location Lost LP, Share Reflection on Medical Trauma “The Air’s on Fire”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Lindsey Byrnes
First Look
smush Share a Video for Their Dream-Pop Reimagining of Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Henry Wilson
Playlist
Angel Du$t’s Cold 2 the Touch Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jack Tripper
Track by Track
El Mariachi Bronx Walk Us Through the Corridos and Norteño Ballads That Make Up Their New LP IV
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jarrod Anthonee
First Listen
Tim Atlas Pays Homage to Love Island on New Single Just in Time for Valentine’s Day
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Deb Never Announces Debut Album, Shares Title Track “Arcade”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jason Garofolo
FLOOD Sessions
Watch Ski Team Play “Plan A” and “New BF” in Brooklyn for “FLOOD Sessions”
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The Beach Boys, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years [Super Deluxe Edition]
Focusing on the band’s mid-’70s run (and its outtakes), this package is among the oddest, most experimental, and most fulfilling in Beach Boys box history.
The Black Heart Procession, 1 [Reissue]
This remastered re-release of the duo’s haunting, melancholy 1998 debut serves as a brilliant reintroduction to a criminally underappreciated band.
hemlocke springs, the apple tree under the sea
Naomi Udu’s debut album soundtracks her journey of self-discovery through her own version of heaven and hell in a glitch-pop take on Paradise Lost and Dante’s Inferno.
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