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Photos: Shervin Lainez

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

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Anthony Scanga

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

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Anthony Scanga

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

Words: Hayden Merrick

Photo: Gabe Long

Additional Photos: Eve Alpert

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

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

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Joshua Tarn

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

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BODEGA Dream of Something Better Than This on New Single “Literary World”
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Gift Horse Announce New LP A Career in Architecture with Studio Version of “Rebar Redux”
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Live, in Photos: The Garden at Hollywood Palladium
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Rebounder Return with “Heavenmaxxing,” a Love Letter to LA
Sports Team Get Loose, Loud, and Very Drunk on New Single “Billy”
Danielle Ponder Shares “God of You” Ahead of New LP Everything Has Changed
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Watch Tasha Perform in Ridgewood, Queens for “Neighborhoods”

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Getting to Know Elvis Prestello

Twenty years into the bit, Ted Lasso co-creator Brendan Hunt discusses bringing his Presley/Costello performance to the Troubadour, his recent encounter with Costello, and more.

Words: Annie Lesser

Photos: Annie Lesser

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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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Ratboys Announce Deluxe Version of Singin’ to an Empty Chair, Share The Marked Men Cover

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Miles Kalchik

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Charlie Kaplan Is a Deep State Truther Podcast Host on “Failed”

Words: Will Schube

Photo: Julian Master

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Hologram Teen Teases New Remix Album with Morcheeba’s Take on “Connection Transpacifique”

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Sheryl Nields

In Conversation
Getting to Know Elvis Prestello

Words: Annie Lesser

Photos: Annie Lesser

Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: The Animeros’ ¡Qué Bárbaro! Release Show at Continental Club

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Sonny Loya

Track by Track
Told Slant Walks Us Through the Despair and Buoying Collaboration of What’s Up

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Hannah Pruzinsky

In Conversation
Photographer Jay Blakesberg Is Still Living in the Front Row

Words: Dan Epstein

Photos: Jaye Blakesberg

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Joey Valence & Brae’s Bumbershoot 2026 Festival Playlist

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photo: Luca Venter

Trixie Mattel Remixes Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe in Anything” to Benefit Lambert House LGBTQ+ Youth Center

Words: Will Schube

Wolf Parade photo: courtesy of the artist

Trixie Mattel photo: Jon Sams

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Fielded Shares a Visual Component to “Pigpen,” Her Treatise on Fragile Masculinity

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: suchimane

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EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: Leeds 2026 with Fontaines D.C., Raye, Slayyyter, and More

Words: FLOOD Staff

Photos: Kimberley Ross

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Perfect Day in Oklahoma City: Chat Pile

Words: FLOOD Staff

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Noah Hill of Parcels’ Ok Ok Now Influences Playlist

Words: Mike LeSuer

Photo: Melissa Gardner

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Ezra Collective, Here Because of Hope

The UK jazz quintet are determined to heal while acknowledging pain on their soulful fourth LP of deeply jubilant, genre-bending, and compassionate odes to the enduring power of hope.

Bloc Party, Anatomy of a Brief Romance

Chronicling the rise and fall of a year-long fling, the influential UK indie rockers’ seventh album feels like a scattered afterthought more than an important part of the band’s journey.

Alabama Shakes, I Must Be Dreaming

The soulful rock trio sound like no time has passed at all after a decade-long break between studio records as they reignite their chemistry as a blockbuster unit.
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