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Staff Picks The Best Albums of 2026 (So Far)
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Photos: Kelly Christine Sutton, Gorillaz, Nick Walker, Lexie Alley, Adrian Nieto
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The Best Albums of 2026 (So Far)
Words: FLOOD Staff
Graphic: Chiara Libaro
Photos: Kelly Christine Sutton, Gorillaz, Nick Walker, Lexie Alley, Adrian Nieto
In Conversation
Michael Grecco: Re-Opening the Book on Punk and New Wave
Words: Steve Appleford
Photos: Michael Grecco
Jazz Is Dead and TBWA\Chiat\Day\LA Are Cracking Down on AI in Music with Played by Humans
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Courtesy Jazz Is Dead
First Listen
Generacion Suicida Give Pop Songwriting a Shot with “Oscuridad”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: courtesy of the artist
Tycho Recruits Sea Lemon for New Single “Anotherwave”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Scott Hansen/Rachel Bennett
Gurriers Share New Single “Party Lines”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Steve Gullick
First Listen
Vanishing Twin Invoke Lizzie Borden with Choppy New Single “Bring Me the Axe”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Arthur Sajas
Fat Dog Announce New Album Cancel Me (I’m Tired), Share Title Track
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Emma Toma
Dinosaur Jr. Prep There Near LP, Announce US Tour
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jeff Fowler
Neighborhoods
Watch Moody Joody Perform in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Watch Walton Goggins Play Frontman in The Strokes’ New Video for “Going Shopping”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Steve Lacy Enlists SZA for New Single “Is It Cool?”
Beck Taps Sierra Ferrell for New Version of Recent Single “Ride Lonesome”
Phoebe Bridgers Releases New Single “Lost Boys” Featuring Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Alex G, Jack Antonoff, and More
Sugar Share New Single “Keep Looping,” Announce US Tour Dates
Gorillaz Are Bringing Their House of Kong Exhibition to NYC for a Month
Blondshell Announces Third Album, Shares Title Track “Violins”
Neighborhoods
Watch Moody Joody Perform in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Born at Midnite Perform in Montreal for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Ghost Hounds Perform in South Austin for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch The Deslondes Cover Norman Smith in Laramie, Wyoming for “Neighborhoods”
FLOOD Sessions
Watch District Five Play “Strict Circumstances” in Zürich for “FLOOD Sessions”
Neighborhoods
Watch Tory Silver Play Two Songs in Pittsburgh for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
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Watch knitting Perform on a Montreal Rooftop for “Neighborhoods”
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In Conversation
Michael Grecco: Re-Opening the Book on Punk and New Wave
After moving into the world of commercial photography and directing, the photographer revisits the music scene captured in his photo book Punk, Post Punk, New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978-1991.
Words: Steve Appleford
Photos: Michael Grecco
Jazz Is Dead and TBWA\Chiat\Day\LA Are Cracking Down on AI in Music with Played by Humans
JID co-founder Andrew Lojero and reps from Los Angeles–based advertising agency TBWA discuss their new program aiming for a more transparent future when it comes to human-made sounds.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Courtesy Jazz Is Dead
In Conversation
The Lemon Twigs on Moving Into the Present (Kind of) with Look for Your Mind!
Brian D’Addario discusses opening a new chapter with the group’s unexpectedly of-this-world sixth album, as well as how the project has evolved over the past decade.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: Eva Chambers
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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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Beabadoobee’s New Album Will Feature Hayley Williams, Brendan Yates, Chino Moreno, and More
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Erika Kamano
Phoebe Bridgers Announces New Album, Lost Weekend
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Frank Ockenfels
PJ Harvey Returns With Epic New Song, “Voyager”
Words: Mischa Pearlman
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James Announces Wowed Out, His First Solo LP in Eight Years
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Danny Clinch
Mannequin Pussy
Mannequin Pussy and Wednesday Will Embark On The Bitch Cabal Tour This Fall
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Wilson Lee
This Is Lorelei Announce New Album, The Singer In My Band
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Eve Alpert
Neighborhoods
Watch Born at Midnite Perform in Montreal for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Frost Children Announce New EP Tweaker Poem, Share Lead Single “Satellites”
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Toni Bakalli
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: underscores at Radius
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: MoneyShot4All
Olivia Rodrigo
Events
Olivia Rodrigo Announces All-Female Daisy Chain Fields Festival with Chappell Roan, Mitski, Bikini Kill, and More
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Dutch Doscher
Track by Track
Pond Take Us on a Journey Across Their New Oz-Rock Opus Terrestrials
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Kristofski
First Listen
Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science Share New Singles to Honor Juneteenth
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Meredith Truax
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Lambrini Girls at Warsaw
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Dutch Doscher
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Pixies, Complete B-Sides 1988-97 [Reissue]
Neatly charting the band’s evolution from noise militants to pop eccentrics, the first-ever vinyl release of this collection reminds us that Pixies’ trash was often purer than their peers’ gold.
Mekons, Horrorble (Mekons vs. Tony Maimone in Dub Conference)
At the ripe age of 50, the Leeds post-punk/alt-country collective revisits last year’s under-the-radar Horror LP as a dub record with the aid of Pere Ubu’s Tony Maimone.
Pearl & the Oysters, Monkey Mind
Titled after a Buddhist metaphor for the restlessness of a worried brain, the LA-via-Paris duo’s sixth LP sees them bend already-surreal daily life through their heightened, psychedelic prism.
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