The shape-shifting songwriter discusses exploring “bicoastal Latin jazz funk rock” on his latest album, which also aims to find love and humor during hard times.
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Joe Jackson on Bringing Hope and Fury to the World
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
Photos: Frank Veronsky
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Live, in Photos: FKA twigs at WAMU Theater
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Christian Sarkine
The Lemon Twigs Share New Track “2 or 3,” Add Dates to Upcoming Tour
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Eva Chambers
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Wesley Joseph’s Forever Ends Someday Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Rashidi Noah
The Prodigy Remix Sleaford Mods and Aldous Harding’s “Elitest G.O.A.T.”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Nick Waplington
Radiohead to Screen KID A MNESIA in Newly Built Bunker Underneath Coachella
Words: Will Schube
First Listen
TV Star Evoke a Late-Summer Dreaminess with New Single “The Package”
Words: Mike LeSuer
First Listen
Aubory Bugg Looks Back Fondly on Former Versions of Herself with “i think i had something once”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Caity Krone
Warning Announce First Album in 20 Years, Share Towering Lead Single
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Gobinder Jhitta
Jon Spencer Announces New Album Songs of Personal Loss and Protest
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Skyler Smith
Neighborhoods
Watch Maria Taylor Perform in South Pasadena for “Neighborhoods”
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Kurt Vile Announces New Album Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me
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Backstage Camera Roll: Amiture’s Release Show at The Hancock
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Tomorrow Woman Invites Your Most “Concerning” Moves on the Dance Floor with “Ultrasound”
Alabama Shakes Tease New Music Out This Friday
The Strokes Will Return This Summer with New LP Reality Awaits
First Look
Andrew Sa Brings “Lavender Cowboy” to The Hideout in New Live Performance Video
Neighborhoods
Watch Maria Taylor Perform in South Pasadena for “Neighborhoods”
FLOOD Sessions
Watch Jobi Riccio Play “Love of the Song” in Nashville for “FLOOD Sessions”
Neighborhoods
Watch The Strumbellas Perform in Medford, Oregon for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch The Goldberg Sisters (a.k.a. Adam Goldberg) Perform in Hudson Valley for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Lia Pappas-Kemps Perform on a Toronto Rooftop for “Neighborhoods”
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Morgan Nagler: Finding Specificity in the Universal
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Watch Hotel Fiction Perform in Athens, Georgia for “Neighborhoods”
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In Conversation
Joe Jackson on Bringing Hope and Fury to the World
The shape-shifting songwriter discusses exploring “bicoastal Latin jazz funk rock” on his latest album, which also aims to find love and humor during hard times.
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
Photos: Frank Veronsky
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Thundercat Is Finding the Beat in the Blur
Ahead of the release of his highly collaborative new album Distracted, Stephen Bruner talks getting by in the digital age.
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photos: Wilson Lee
Breaking
The Inclusive Queendom of Solya
The West Texas songwriter shares how the loneliness of her upbringing within the state’s conservative traditions helped her find catharsis with her debut album Queen of Texas.
Words: Will Schube
Photos: Alice Baxley
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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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EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: RAYE at WAMU Theater
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Christian Sarkine
Film & TVStaff Picks
The 10 Best Bob’s Burgers Music Moments
Words: Hayden Merrick
Jack White Returns with Two New Singles Ahead of This Weekend’s SNL Appearance
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: David James Swanson
First Look
Hiding Places Shape a World They Want to Live in with “Dead Dove” Video
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Calli Westra
Live, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Joyce Manor and Militarie Gun at The Salt Shed
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos : Bella Peterson
Maggie Rogers Foundation Established in Honor of the 10th Anniversary of Her Debut Single (and That Pharrell Video)
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Shervin Lainez
Olivia Rodrigo Announces New Album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Christian Sarkine
Eric André Reignites His BLARF Project, Shares “What’s for Dinner”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Jeff Leeds Cohn
FLOOD Sessions
Watch Jobi Riccio Play “Love of the Song” in Nashville for “FLOOD Sessions”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Lauren Auder’s Introspective New Album Whole World as a Vigil
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Alice Schillaci
First Look
Eric Gabriel Shares Video for Alt-Country Examination of Chance “Lucky Day Roadrunner”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Alex S.K. Brown
First Look
Cherry Bomb Offers a Reprieve From the Infinite Scroll with Video for “Digital Girl”
Words: Kim March
Photo: Matty Vogel
Hear Anne Hathaway Perform a New Song Written by FKA twigs for the Mother Mary Soundtrack
Words: Will Schube
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Lime Garden, Maybe Not Tonight
The cocktail of frustration, insecurity, and lust that courses through the Brighton quartet’s buzzing and adventurous second album mirrors the trajectory of an energetic night out.
MEMORIALS, All Clouds Bring Not Rain
The genre-hopping fifth LP from Verity Susman and Matthew Simms is more ornate and ambitious than their earlier material, though ultimately the whole is lesser than the sum of the parts.
Filth Is Eternal, Impossible World
Vibrant, dexterous, and unrelentingly compelling, the Seattle hardcore-punks’ fourth album sees them mature into a band adept at writing songs lasting more than two minutes.
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