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Digital Cover TOMORA: AURORA and Tom Rowlands’ Kaleidoscopic Playground

Photos: Carianne Older

Lighting: Jesse Tam

Words: Lily Moayeri

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The Human League’s Hard-Won Hits

Ahead of their first US tour in 15 years—including dates at the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, and Grand Ole Opry—Philip Oakey talks five decades of impostor syndrome, reinvention, redemption, and being “the haircut at the front.”

Words: Lyndsey Parker

Photo: Perou
Digital Cover
TOMORA: AURORA and Tom Rowlands’ Kaleidoscopic Playground

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Carianne Older

Lighting: Jesse Tam

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Live, in Photos: Kilby Block Party 2026 feat. The xx, Hayley Williams, Turnstile, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Christian Sarkine

In Conversation
Rostam’s Stories Are Your Stories, Too

Words: A.D. Amorosi

Photo: Nick Delisi

Playlist
Oakwood’s Blurred Away Influences Playlist

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Drew Elaine

Track by Track
Grant Chapman Reveals His Methods for Torture Methods’ Debut LP with a Track-by-Track Breakdown

Words: Will Schube

St. Vincent Announces Physical Edition of Live in London!

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Andy Paradise

First Listen
Hew Engage in Rituals of Hope on New Single “Reconciliation”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Lorenzo Lerma

Track by Track
Tim Kasher Takes Us Track by Track Through His New Writing Experiment Sponges of Experience

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Erica Lauren

5 Questions
5 Questions with Tigers Jaw

Words: Kurt Orzeck

Photo: Mike Paulshock

5 QuestionsFirst Look
Aja Monet Shares a Video for New Single (and Potential Cultural Revolution) “Working Class Musicians”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Daniel N Johnson

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Watch Clarion Play “Hello Juliet” in Somerville, Massachusetts for “FLOOD Sessions”

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Watch New Constellations Perform in Portland, Oregon for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch City of the Sun Perform in Moab, Utah for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch Yot Club Play “Make It Easy” and “Bones” in Los Angeles for “FLOOD Sessions”

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Watch Wrabel Perform in Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”

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The Human League’s Hard-Won Hits

Ahead of their first US tour in 15 years—including dates at the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, and Grand Ole Opry—Philip Oakey talks five decades of impostor syndrome, reinvention, redemption, and being “the haircut at the front.”

Words: Lyndsey Parker

Photo: Perou
Digital Cover
TOMORA: AURORA and Tom Rowlands’ Kaleidoscopic Playground

In our latest digital cover story, the Norwegian pop star and The Chemical Brothers co-founder discuss their unlikely pairing and decade-long friendship leading up to their debut collaboration, Come Closer.

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Carianne Older

Lighting: Jesse Tam

In Conversation
Rostam’s Stories Are Your Stories, Too

The producer, songwriter, and former Vampire Weekend member discusses his humanist exploration of queer Iranian-American identity on American Stories.

Words: A.D. Amorosi

Photo: Nick Delisi

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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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Bladee Returns with New Album Sulfur Surfer

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Gus Reichwald

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sundayclub Look to the Past for Escape on New Single “Blue Wave”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Evie Maynes

John Carpenter Reveals Details of New Album and Graphic Novel, Cathedral

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Sophie Gansard

Moses Sumney Announces Is God Is Soundtrack Release, Recruits Kara Jackson for “Sins of the Father”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Sam Cannon

Neighborhoods
Watch knitting Perform on a Montreal Rooftop for “Neighborhoods”

Words: FLOOD Staff

Cigarettes After Sex Return with New Licorice-Themed Single “Twizzler”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Kate Garner

First Listen
Shannon Lay Reminds Us to Dance and Stay Hydrated with “Past the Veil”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Joanna Grace Babb

MUNA, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lola Young, and More Announced for All Things Go NYC 2026

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Skylar Watkins

First Listen
Dorio Enter Their Espionage Era with New Single “My Own Personal Racer”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Katherine Squier

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Spacey Jane Get Caught in the Middle of Their Feelings on New High-Tempo Bop “I Never See Her”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Brianna Da Silva

The Avalanches Tap Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss for New Track “Together”

Words: Mike LeSuer

S.G. Goodman Shares (Re) Planting by the Signs, a Deluxe Version of Her 2025 LP

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Ryan Hartley

Automatic Announce Summer US Tour Dates, Share Mario C Mix of “Don’t Wanna Dance”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Sheva Kafai

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Shakey Graves, Fondness, Etc.

Alejandro Rose-Garcia’s latest record embodies change and the fleeting process of creation as it finds a peculiar middle ground between heartwarming and haunting.

Bleachers, Everyone for Ten Minutes

The bigness that Jack Antonoff holds on his band’s latest album is dedicated to the human spirit and the hope of something better—and rockier—for our future.

Lowertown, Ugly Duckling Union

The NYC duo return to their DIY roots on their creatively unbridled second LP, turning a highly unusual concept into something rather heartfelt and wonkily majestic.
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