The trip-hop trailblazer discusses Different When It’s Silent, his stunning new album that helped him emerge out of trauma.
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Tricky Breaks His Silence
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
Photos: Steve Gullick
Photos Cesar Vera and Xavier Tavera
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Smithsonian Artists Under Attack: Felipe Galindo and Rigoberto A. González Won’t Let Their History Be Erased
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photos: Cesar Vera and Xavier Tavera
Art: Felipe Galindo, Rigoberto A. González, and Andrea Arroyo
Watch Pearl & the Oysters Live at Roland Warehouse and Creative Studio
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Photos: Orestes Gonzalez
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Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur Announces Photo Exhibit and ’90s Demo Collection
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Sumptuous and Thrilling, The Odyssey Coasts on Casting Just as Much as Spectacle
Words: A.D. Amorosi
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Emma Ayzenberg Psychs Herself Up for a Tough Conversation on New Single “I Will Pretend”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Mike D Takes Aim at Crypto Schemers on the Latest Cut From His Debut Solo Album
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Daisy the Great Discuss Each Collaboration on Their New Version of The Rubber Teeth Talk
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5 Non-Musical Influences on Moodie Black’s Era-Ending All Natural, Moodie Black
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Lana Del Rey performs at the benefit concert “Harvest Moon — A Gathering,” at the Painted Turtle camp in Lake Hughes, California.. The concert was to benefit the camp for children with chronic illnesses and the Bridge School. Also performing were Beck and headliner Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts.
Lana Del Rey Reveals She Has Two New Albums Coming
Words: Will Schube
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Phoebe Bridgers Performed Back-to-Back Nights on The Tonight Show, Shares Acoustic Version of “Lost Boys”
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Slow Fiction Paint a Complex Portrait of Womanhood with New Single “turning down flowers”
Queens of the Stone Age Recruit Nikki Lane for “Easy Street,” Their First Single Since 2023
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Sam Neill: A Different Kind of Hero
Beabadoobee Shares “Switchblade” Ahead of New LP Pylon
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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
Photos Cesar Vera and Xavier Tavera
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
Ed O’Brien Still Believes in the Scenic Route
With the release of his new single “Abbeycwmhir,” the Radiohead guitarist reflects on his solo LP Blue Morpho and his ongoing collaboration with the Welsh landscape.
Words: Hayden Merrick
Photos : Steve Gullick
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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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Tyler Ballgame Is Back with New Single “Live It Down”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Dutch Doscher
Jess Williamson Shares Didion-Inspired Single “Goodbye to All That,” Announces New LP
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jackie Lee Young
wilt Return with “bundy,” a Reflection on “Hurtful Love”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Sarah Eiseman
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The (Official) Soundtrack for the (Unofficial) Swapmeet Biopic
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: David Milan Kelly
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Join Death Cab for Cutie This Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photo: Michael Grecco
The Linda Lindas Team Up with Hayley Williams for New Single “Closer”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jaxon Whittington
Cage the Elephant Make the Most of What They Have with New Single “Beaches in Tennessee”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Lewis Evans
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RYMAN Shares an Elegy for a Longtime Friendship with “Told Me Once, Tell Me Twice”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Cole Silberman
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Announce Portlandia Podcast
Words: Will Schube
Photo Via: YouTube
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On the Road with Panic Shack
Words: FLOOD Staff
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Ed O’Brien Still Believes in the Scenic Route
Words: Hayden Merrick
Photos : Steve Gullick
Hermanos Gutiérrez Share “Los Ojos Del Cóndor” Ahead of New Album of the Same Name
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jackie Lee Young
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Shabason & Krgovich’s Four Days in June Influences Playlist
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Colin Medley
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Steve Lacy, Oh Yeah?
With a warmer, looser take on anthemic soul-pop, the guitarist and songwriter’s third solo effort sees him move way beyond the reach of The Internet.
Quicksand, Bring on the Psychics
The post-hardcore band’s razor-sharp fifth album finds the perfect balance between doing what they’ve done best since 1990 and successfully trying out new ideas.
Helado Tropical, Helado Tropical
An open-hearted meeting of minds, the collaborative debut from Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical’s Fabi Reyna is a warm, Latin-inspired electronic-pop collection made to soundtrack blissful summer evenings.
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