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5 Questions

5 Questions with Grimes

Claire Boucher discusses her collaboration with “artificial popstar” Hatsune Miku ahead of the guest-heavy EP EMERGE M♡DE MIKU, as well as her own forays into uncanny digital realms.

Words: Maia Raymer

Photos: Seiya Fujii

EventsLive, In Photos

Live, in Photos: Levitation 2026 with Angine de Poitrine, Die Spitz, Bikini Kill, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Kenn Box

Digital Cover

Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Shervin Lainez

David Byrne Shares New Single “My Madness” From Who Is the Sky? Deluxe Edition

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Shervin Lainez

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul Go Full Baby on Soulwax-Assisted “Googoo Gaga”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Paul Kooiker

Beach House Cover “April Suzanne” Ahead of New Robert Lester Folsom Reissue

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Dustin Miller

Backstage Camera Roll

Backstage Camera Roll: Cat Clyde’s Midwest Tour with Boy Golden

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photo: Mike Vanata

First Listen

Holy Motors Strive to Heal a Relationship on New Single “God Is a Feeling”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Anna-Maria Vaskovskaja

Watch Olivia Rodrigo Take on “Strong Enough” During Sheryl Crow Ceremony

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Nick Walker

Lambrini Girls Let Their Return Policy Be Known with Newly Announced Second LP No Refunds

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Jessie Morgan

Neighborhoods

Watch GAYLE Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”

Words: FLOOD Staff

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EventsLive, In Photos

Live, in Photos: Lucy Dacus at Hollywood Bowl

First Listen

San Gabriel Examines a Relationship From 30,000 Feet Above on New Single “All My Time”

First Listen

GIFT Are Chasing Passion in a Passionless World on New Single “Hand to the Flame”

Oasis Announce 2027 Tour Dates

Linda Perry Doc Let It Die Here Will Hit Streaming This Friday

Non-Musical Influences

5 Non-Musical Influences on Son Lux’s Latest Creative Rebirth, Out Into

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Neighborhoods

Watch GAYLE Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Watch The Suffers’ Kam Franklin Perform in Northwest Houston for “Neighborhoods”

Neighborhoods

Claire Boucher discusses her collaboration with “artificial popstar” Hatsune Miku ahead of the guest-heavy EP EMERGE M♡DE MIKU, as well as her own forays into uncanny digital realms.

Words: Maia Raymer

Photos: Seiya Fujii

Digital Cover

Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves

In our latest digital cover story Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn chart the distance between the duo’s breakout 2013 hit “Coffee” and their new LP Ow ∞—the first they’ve ever released independently.

Words: Lily Moayeri

Photos: Shervin Lainez

This Is Lorelei Might Have Written a Concept Album—Though That’s Up to You to Decide

Over 60 releases into the project’s lifespan, Nate Amos discusses his new LP The Singer in My Band and how he shaped his wildcard storytelling into a conventional songwriting career.

Words: Hayden Merrick

Photo: Gabe Long

Additional Photos: Eve Alpert

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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.

Big Ears 2027 Announces Lineup Featuring Sylvan Esso, Weyes Blood, The Womack Sisters, and More

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Anthony Scanga

Hear My Morning Jacket and Modest Mouse Take on Two Neil Young Classics Ahead of Upcoming Tribute Comps

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photos: David Iskra

Nice as Fuck Announce 10th Anniversary “Back as Fuck” Reunion Tour

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Luke Rathborne

Slayyyter Is Back with New Single “Crank 2”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Kimberley Ross

First Listen

Anamanaguchi Become Their Own Self-Rulers on Explosive New Track “Yeah I Guess”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Joshua Tarn

Events

Portraits From Bumbershoot 2026: Lucy Dacus, Atarashii Gakko!, Peaches, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Anthony Scanga

Lucy Dacus Announces No Burden Reissue, Shares “No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Wilson Lee

Shudder to Think Share Cover of Depeche Mode’s “Something to Do”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Diona Mavis

Gurriers Return with Throwback New Single “Pins”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Steve Gullick

The War on Drugs Share “Who’s That,” Their First New Single Since 2022

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Emily Shur

First Listen

BODEGA Dream of Something Better Than This on New Single “Literary World”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Pooneh Ghana

EventsLive, In Photos

Live, in Photos: Bumbershoot 2026 with Death Cab for Cutie, Die Spitz, Turnstile, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Anthony Scanga

First Listen

Gift Horse Announce New LP A Career in Architecture with Studio Version of “Rebar Redux”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Rebecca Shenfeld

Reviews See All

Agnes Obel, The Meaning of Flowers

Inspired by the birth of her first child, the Danish artist’s fifth album also pulls heavily from poetry and literature to build on her gorgeous, piano-forward classical-pop sound.

The Frogs, My Daughter the Broad [30th Anniversary Edition]

Originally released on Matador in 1996, this expanded version of the Milwaukee duo’s third LP of deliberately provocative slacker-rock emphasizes the unexpected tenderness at its center.

The Tubs, Hard Life

With its well-curated influences and almost uncomfortably human lyrics, the London jangle-punk quartet’s third LP finds charm and combustible energy in its intersection of bleakness and pep.

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5 Questions with Grimes

Watch GAYLE Perform Two Songs in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”

Watch The Suffers’ Kam Franklin Perform in Northwest Houston for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Kelly Doyle Perform Two Songs in West Texas for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Margaret Glaspy Perform in Woodstock, New York for “Neighborhoods”

Watch DICE Perform at Tone City Records in Australia for “FLOOD Sessions”

Watch MT Jones Perform in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn for “Neighborhoods”

The Tenth Anniversay Issue

Agnes Obel, The Meaning of Flowers

The Frogs, My Daughter the Broad [30th Anniversary Edition]

The Tubs, Hard Life

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