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
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Live, in Photos: FKA twigs at WAMU Theater
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Christian Sarkine
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Thundercat Is Finding the Beat in the Blur
Words: Kyle Lemmon
Photos: Wilson Lee
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”
Words: FLOOD Staff
Kurt Vile Announces New Album Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Skylar Watkins
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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”
Words: Mike LeSuer
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Alabama Shakes Tease New Music Out This Friday
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Photo: Christian Sarkine
The Strokes Will Return This Summer with New LP Reality Awaits
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Andrew Sa Brings “Lavender Cowboy” to The Hideout in New Live Performance Video
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Jack White Returns with Two New Singles Ahead of This Weekend’s SNL Appearance
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Hiding Places Shape a World They Want to Live in with “Dead Dove” Video
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Live, in Photos: Joyce Manor and Militarie Gun at The Salt Shed
Maggie Rogers Foundation Established in Honor of the 10th Anniversary of Her Debut Single (and That Pharrell Video)
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Watch Maria Taylor Perform in South Pasadena for “Neighborhoods”
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Watch Jobi Riccio Play “Love of the Song” in Nashville for “FLOOD Sessions”
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Watch The Strumbellas Perform in Medford, Oregon for “Neighborhoods”
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Watch The Goldberg Sisters (a.k.a. Adam Goldberg) Perform in Hudson Valley 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
Thundercat
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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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
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Eric Gabriel Shares Video for Alt-Country Examination of Chance “Lucky Day Roadrunner”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Alex S.K. Brown
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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
Arlo Parks Shares “Beams” Ahead of New Album Out Friday
Words: Will Schube
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Cold Court Throw a LAN Party in the DIY Space in Video for New Track “Burn”
Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: AudioVision
Weezer Share “Shine Again,” Which Was Previously Only Available via USB
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Brendan Walters
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Live, in Photos: Wednesday at First Avenue
Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Anthony Scanga
Beth Orton Returns with New Single “The Ground Above”
Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kasia Wozniak
Death Cab for Cutie, Turnstile, Japanese Breakfast, and Blood Orange Announced to Play Bumbershoot 2026
Words: Will Schube
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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.
Arlo Parks, Ambiguous Desire
Vulnerability is baked into the heartbeat of the British songwriter’s third album with an aching groove lifted to new levels courtesy of the ecstasy of dance music.
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