Backstage shots with This Is Lorelei, Madi Diaz, Morgan Nagler, Hot Tuna, KIRBY, and more from the legendary seaside fest in Rhode Island.
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Portraits from Newport Folk Festival 2026: Jack Antonoff, Bebe Stockwell, Victoria Canal, and More
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Photos: Eleanor Petry
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Tim Heidecker and The Onion’s Ben Collins Are at War with Disinformation
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photo: courtesy of The Onion
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Backstage Camera Roll: On the Road with Tomahawk and Melvins
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Photos: Buzz Osborne
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Join Villanelle This Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
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Live, in Photos: Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars at The Met
Words: David Iskra
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Swedish House Mafia and Lykke Li Team Up for “Happiness Is So Sad”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kimberley Ross
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Watch Arturo Sandoval Play “Sangú” Live at Blue Note Tokyo for “FLOOD Sessions”
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Here’s How to Live Stream Lollapalooza 2026
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Bella Peterson
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Growing Pains Confront the Failure of Language to Convey Desire on New Single “Crush”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Soft Cell Escape the Mundanity of Everyday Life in New Video for “In Heaven (When I Dance with You)”
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Photo: Mike Owen
Thao Announces New LP Show Me, Recruits Tune-Yards and The Linda Lindas for “Sick of the Times”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kimberly Ha
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The Sewing Club Announce Debut Album Sew, Share First Single “Alright Ok”
Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney, Sylvan Esso, and More Set to Celebrate Yoko Ono Next Month in LA
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Watch atmos bloom Perform in South East London for “Neighborhoods”
Danny Clinch photographing Tom Morello in New York City on May 12th 2026.
Tom Morello Recruits Serj Tankian, Kneecap, and More for New LP Everyone Gets Everything They Want
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Watch Arturo Sandoval Play “Sangú” Live at Blue Note Tokyo for “FLOOD Sessions”
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Watch atmos bloom Perform in South East London for “Neighborhoods”
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Watch Keenan O’Meara Perform in the Southern Catskills for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Pearl & the Oysters Live at Roland Warehouse and Creative Studio
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Watch Mountain of Youth Perform in Athens, Georgia for “Neighborhoods”
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Watch Moody Joody Perform in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”
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Tim Heidecker and The Onion’s Ben Collins Are at War with Disinformation
The Onion’s CEO discusses relaunching Infowars as the satire outlet the one-time right-wing conspiracy hub never intended to be.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photo: courtesy of The Onion
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
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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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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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Backstage Camera Roll: Gigi Perez at Citi Field for Noah Kahan’s “Great Divide” Tour
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Pauline Bonnke
Johnny Marr Returns with “Ophelia,” the Second Single From His Forthcoming Solo LP
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Andy Cotterill
Track by Track
IAN SWEET Takes Us Track by Track Through Her Searching New LP Shiverstruck
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Alexa Viscius
Pulp Share Trailer for New Concert Doc What Do You Do for an Encore?
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Daniel Cavazos
The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo Recruits Tierra Whack and Leikeli47 for “Jumpupw!nya”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Priscilla Hugo
Teenage Fanclub Announce New LP Do Not Dare to Dream, Share “Day in the Sun”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Donald Milne
5 Questions
5 Questions with Robyn Hitchcock
Words: Dan Epstein
Photos: Jeremy Dylan
Live Photos: David Iskra
First Listen
Katrina Ford Reaches Beyond This Earthly Plane on New Single “Transcending”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Ebru Yildiz
First Listen
Berra Grabs Her Next Era by the Horns with New Single “OUCH”
Words: Taylor Ruckle
Photo: Mackena Hewitt
Noname Recruits DRAM for New Single “Squatter”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Eleanor Petry
Kacey Musgraves Unveils “Mexico Honey” Music Video
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Alexa King Stone
Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, and MJ Lenderman Lead New Neil Young Covers Comps
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kimberley Ross
Militarie Gun Announce Deluxe Version of God Save the Gun, Share New Song with Mannequin Pussy
Words: Will Schube
Photo: David Kelling
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The Durutti Column, Renascent
Sixteen long years since his last album, Vini Reilly makes a welcome return with a low-key album that’s still rich and lovely, unpretentious and open-hearted.
Shearwater, The New World
Jonathan Meiburg’s lyrical approach flits between apocalyptic soothsaying and naturalist poetry on his band’s ambitious and worldly eleventh album, which thrums with field recordings.
Ween, 12 Golden Country Greats [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Embellished with over 20 unreleased demos and session outtakes, the brothers’ 1996 foray into country was as devoted to a single sound as they would ever be.
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