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Photo Assistant: Pelin Kılıç

Words: Erica Russell

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June McDoom Wants to Get You Into Weirder Music

The NYC-via-South-Florida songwriter discusses her genre-hopping debut for Jagjaguwar, Follow the Light, and how it was born from a struggle to fit in.

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Ryley Paskal
Pivot Gang Share “Location” Ahead of New LP Planned for 2027

Words: Will Schube

Photo: THEREALREAVEN

Deftones, The Strokes, Fontaines D.C., and Slayyyter to Headline Kilby Block Party 2027

Words: Will Schube

Photo: David Iskra

Everything But the Girl Announce Blue Reservoir LP, Share “Young and Dumb”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Edward Bishop

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Eric Hilton Explores His Love for ’60s Bossa Nova on New Single with Natalia Clavier “Alma Boa”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Ali Zare

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Watch This Is the Kit Debut Their New Single “Safety Valve” with a Full-Band Studio Set

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Stewart Baxter

Long-Lost David Bowie Concert Film to Be Repurposed as Immersive Show

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Courtesy of JTE / Blackout

5 Questions
5 Questions with 40 Watts From Nowhere Music Supervisor Mara Kuge

Words: Kyle Lemmon

Lambchop Shares MJ Lenderman’s Cover of “Weakened” From the Forthcoming Demoed EP

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Skylar Watkins

Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields Reunite Dead Man’s Bones, Share “Lost in the Night”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: courtesy of the band

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Mondo Cozmo and Jim James Serenade a Mannequin in Video for New Single “White Roses”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Travis Shinn

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The Flaming Lips Announce Debut LP for Third Man, Share Lead Single “God Will Control the Werewolves”
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Thao’s Show Me Influences Playlist
Matthew and Lisa Sweet Launch “Music, Art & Mid-Century Treasures” Estate Sale
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Watch Fenne Lily Perform in a Garden in Brooklyn for “Neighborhoods”
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Claud Takes Us Track-by-Track Through Their Optimistic Third Album Me and the Music
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Live, in Photos: Chappell Roan’s Super Graphic Spectacular
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Neighborhoods

Watch Fenne Lily Perform in a Garden in Brooklyn for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Johanna Samuels Perform in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch Grumpy Perform at Coney Island for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch Matt Pond PA Perform in Saugerties, New York for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch Scarves Perform in Bellingham, Washington for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch Amelia Day Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”

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Watch GAYLE Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”

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Breaking
June McDoom Wants to Get You Into Weirder Music

The NYC-via-South-Florida songwriter discusses her genre-hopping debut for Jagjaguwar, Follow the Light, and how it was born from a struggle to fit in.

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Ryley Paskal
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Blondshell Is Letting Her Hair Down

In our latest digital cover story, Sabrina Teitelbaum discusses how she’s developed a sense of artistic agency that’s allowed her to draw closer to her intended sound on her third album, Violins.

Words: Erica Russell

Photos: Ebru Yildiz

Photo Assistant: Pelin Kılıç

Random Access Memories: The Avalanches on Art, Advertising, and Identity

Australian plunderphonics innovators Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi dredge up the past for the present on their future-forward No Bad Memories.

Words: A.D. Amorosi

Photos: Dean Podmore

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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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Kacey Musgraves Announces Middle of Nowhere Vol. 2: Tex Mex Tapes

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Daniel Cavazos

Members of the band The Talking Heads perform live in 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Talking Heads circa 1980 / photo by Michael Grecco

Talking Heads Are Writing a Book Together

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Michael Grecco

Queens of the Stone Age Announce 2027 US Tour with Support From Pixies

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Andreas Neumann

Film & TVFilm + TV Essay
Indie Horror Is in the Midst of a Complete “Woke” Takeover

Words: Bee Delores

Photo: courtesy of NEON

First Look
The Ocean Share a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of Solaris with New Mini Doc

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Jiawei Zhang

EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Mike D 5D at Union Transfer Philadelphia

Words: David Iskra

Photos : David Iskra

De La Soul Announce Stakes Is High 30th Anniversary Edition, Share J Dilla Remix

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Jessica Mlinaric

CHVRCHES Return with New LP All the King’s Men, Announce 2027 Tour

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Jody Evans

Angine de Poitrine Announce Sprawling 2027 Tour

Words: Will Schube

Photo: MoneyShot4All

First Listen
Tashaki Miyaki Embrace Change on New Single “Moving”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Aislyn Murray

R.E.M. Share Visual for “Supernatural Superserious” After Sync in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Words: Will Schube

Image: courtesy of MUBI

5 Questions
5 Questions with MIRIAH

Words: Kevin Crandall

Photo: Darius Donald

Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, and Margo Price Set for Gram Parsons Tribute Concert in LA

Words: Will Schube

Photo: David Iskra

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Fujiya & Miyagi, New Shiny Objects

With their 10th album, the Brighton electronic quartet cross-cut a wide range of ’80s-based tropes and influences into something boldly fresh.

Shabazz Palaces, It’s a Style Sport

A temporal fusion of hip-hop’s past, present, and future, Ishmael Butler’s latest album warps the clock to reflect and expound upon the career of a giant within the genre.

Wolves in the Throne Room, Estuary

Set in a future reclaimed by nature, the PNW band’s latest LP balances emotive black metal against electronic flourishes to paint a vivid picture of a world defined by absence.
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