De La Soul, Brandy, Mariah the Scientist, and more from The Roots’ annual celebration in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Live, in Photos: Roots Picnic 2026 with Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Kehlani, and More
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Watch Tory Silver Play Two Songs in Pittsburgh for “Neighborhoods”
Watch knitting Perform on a Montreal Rooftop for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Clarion Play “Hello Juliet” in Somerville, Massachusetts for “FLOOD Sessions”
Watch New Constellations Perform in Portland, Oregon for “Neighborhoods”
Watch City of the Sun Perform in Moab, Utah for “Neighborhoods”
Watch Yot Club Play “Make It Easy” and “Bones” in Los Angeles for “FLOOD Sessions”
Watch Wrabel Perform in Los Angeles for “Neighborhoods”
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The band’s founding bassist discusses the new documentary based on his 1990 autobiography, as well as the band’s upcoming reunion tour with Gallows’ Frank Carter.
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The supergroup shares a track-by-track guide to their self-titled debut album, featuring their take on everyone from ABBA to Fad Gadget.
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The actress and songwriter discusses her first full-length album in over a decade, as well as the profundity of motherhood, her role in the Duffer brothers’ new sci-fi series, and more.
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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.
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Bikini Kill
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Bedouine, Neon Skin Summer
Flowing out of a period of stillness, Azniv Korkejian’s fourth LP dusts up a world of childhood innocence as it diverges from the folk-pop tradition—and her own catalog—of lovelorn intensity.
Kurt Vile, Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me
The slacker-folk songwriter’s latest is an uncharacteristically fuzzy ode to his hometown that feels like a late-night hang surrounded by the ghosts of his various musical heroes.
Elder, Through Zero
With their seventh LP, the heavy psych-rockers demonstrate what experimental majesty a band can create when they’ve spent two decades working to play together on the same wavelength.
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