From CHAI and CHAII to JayWood and Jay Wood, here are all the sets of artists we struggled to differentiate in 2023.
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54 Arguments for Naming Your New Music Project Something More Specific in 2024
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photos: Daniel Cavazos
Shane MacGowan: An Appreciation
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photos: courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
Art & Culture
Tony Oursler’s Restless Brand of Multimedia Art Goes Further and Farther Out
Words: A.D. Amorosi
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Liz Phair and Blondshell at Ryman Auditorium
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos : Skylar Watkins
LCD Soundsystem, The Postal Service, and Vampire Weekend Set to Headline Kilby Block Party 2024
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kevin Allen
Cat Power and Iggy Pop Team Up for “Working Class Hero” Cover
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Dylan Inez & Vinoodh
Adrianne Lenker Shares “Ruined,” Announces 2024 UK and European Tour Dates
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Germaine Dunes
Playlist
LP Giobbi’s “Finding Your Light Place” Playlist
Words: Kim March
Neighborhoods
Watch Modern Nature’s Jack Cooper Perform in His Garden in Manchester, UK for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
First Listen
MX Lonely Dream Up a Worst-Case Scenario for a Minor Injury in Video for New Single “Papercuts”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Owen Lehman
First Listen
Elephant Stone Share an Elegy for 2023 with New Single “Another Year Gone”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Laurine Jousserand
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Duran Duran, Interpol, Simple Minds, Blondie, and More Announced for Cruel World Fest 2024
Track by Track
Haiku Hands Take Us Through Their Sensory New LP Pleasure Beast Track by Track
First Listen
Bridget Kearney Meditates on Not Meditating on Meditation with New Single “Don’t Think About the Polar Bear”
Playlist
15 Songs That Made Hotline TNT’s Will Anderson Think It Was Cool to Be From the Twin Cities
Lana Del Rey, Kacey Musgraves, and More Perform for Christmas at Graceland Special
Horsegirl and Lifeguard Cover The Stone Roses’ “I Wanna Be Adored” for Unacceptable Color Live Session
Neighborhoods
Watch Modern Nature’s Jack Cooper Perform in His Garden in Manchester, UK for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Slowshift Play Two Songs at the Munch Museum in Bjørvika for “Neighborhoods: Oslo”
Neighborhoods
Watch Husbands Perform a Chilly Halloween Set in Kansas City, Missouri for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Mermaid Perform Two Tracks in Their Backyard in Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”
Neighborhoods
Watch Survival Guide Perform in a Dried-Up Creek Bed in Blanco, Texas for “Neighborhoods”
In the Kitchen
In the Kitchen with SadGirl
Neighborhoods
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Watch Dessa Perform “Blush” at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota for “Neighborhoods”
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54 Arguments for Naming Your New Music Project Something More Specific in 2024
From CHAI and CHAII to JayWood and Jay Wood, here are all the sets of artists we struggled to differentiate in 2023.
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photos: Daniel Cavazos
Art & Culture
Tony Oursler’s Restless Brand of Multimedia Art Goes Further and Farther Out
The multimedia installation artist discusses his work for the new group show Smoke and Mirrors: Magical Thinking in Contemporary Art taking place at Florida’s Boca Raton Museum of Art through May 12.
Words: A.D. Amorosi
In Conversation
Stewart Copeland on Revisiting the Mysterious Klark Kent
Regarded as one of the most influential drummers in rock, The Police’s percussionist is reissuing his earliest work under the mysterious alter ego.
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
Photo: Craig Betts/Peter Baylis
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Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
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The Los Angeles Issue
With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.
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Neighborhoods
Watch Slowshift Play Two Songs at the Munch Museum in Bjørvika for “Neighborhoods: Oslo”
Words: FLOOD Staff
First Listen
Prism Bitch Are on the Air in the Video for New Single “City Nights”
Words: Mike LeSuer
First Listen
Paula Cole Pays Tribute to an Artistic Mentor with New Single “The Replacements and Dinosaur Jr.”
Words: Kim March
Photo: Ebru Yildiz
Soccer Mommy
Abortion Access Benefit Live Music Event Will Return in 2024 with Sets From Soccer Mommy, Tim Heidecker, Frankie Cosmos, and More
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Annie Lesser
The Jesus and March Chain at Levitation 2022 credit Daniel Cavazos
The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce New Album Glasgow Eyes, Share “jamcod”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Daniel Cavazos
Vic Mensa Shares New Video for VICTOR Standout “Blue Eyes”
Words: Will Schube
Essay
A Eulogy for How to with John Wilson
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: courtesy of HBO
First Look
awakebutstillinbed Yearn for Re-Drawn Lines in New Animated Video for “Adapt”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Jonathan Botkin
First Look
Devo’s Gerald V. Casale Enters a New Dimension with 4D Video for “Lounge: Pay U Back”
Words: Kim March
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Ms. Lauryn Hill at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: David Iskra
Neighborhoods
Watch Husbands Perform a Chilly Halloween Set in Kansas City, Missouri for “Neighborhoods”
Words: FLOOD Staff
In Conversation
Stewart Copeland on Revisiting the Mysterious Klark Kent
Words: Katherine Yeske Taylor
Photo: Craig Betts/Peter Baylis
Playlist
body / negative’s everett Influences Playlist
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Audrey Kemp
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Peter Gabriel, i/o
The broadly poetic tales of ordinary madness on the Genesis co-founder’s first LP of new original material in over two decades are often spare and daringly melodic.
House of Harm, Playground
The Boston-based goth-pop trio scratch a unique itch on their more complex sophomore record by expanding their aesthetic to incorporate Midwest emo vocals.
Full of Hell & Nothing, When No Birds Sang
The six collaborative tracks from the Maryland grindcore outfit and Philly shoegazers stretch both bands into new compositional terrain in addition to playing to each group’s strengths.
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