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.
Dry Cleaning, Secret Love
With the help of producer Cate Le Bon, the South London quartet’s third album sands down their jagged post-punk edges into smooth, surreal pebbles of magical realism.
Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
A.D. Amorosi
The French artist is among the most influential of the disco era, and one of dance music’s first trailblazers.
A show of unity between Texan soul makers.
The sessions that fill this box are those where Davis left flirty, speedy bebop behind for slow, hard bop.
Like the gluttonous Reagan era in which it was born, the new “1999” is explosively opulent and appropriate for the Trump moment in its excess and mess.
Jim’s son Chris and producer Al Dobbs give their thoughts on the songwriter’s disappearance and why his music lingers on.
In some ways, it’s more like Adam Cohen’s love letter to his father’s artistry than a final statement from the late poet.
Dylan revered the outlaw Cash, and Cash admired the wordsmith Dylan.
Three albums in, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders feels like a vacation for the Foo Fighters drummer.
The iconic rocker goes home to Detroit for a different brand of shock and awe.
While most legacy rockers are hitting the road rather than bothering to write new music, Young refuses to stop inventing.
While the original albums sounded surprisingly grey, this curation of solo output is hotly in-the-red, remixed and boldly remastered.
Nick Cave moves across his most lush and lovely melodies yet in a voice that burrows deeper than ever before.
The Blondie frontwoman on new memoir “Face It,” how the internet has changed music, and what’s next.
Digging into the brand new Giles Martin re-release of the iconic album on its fiftieth birthday.
After a two-year writing process, the funkadelic Atlanta hip-hop duo’s debut is here in all of its natural glory.
When he’s not writing experimental synth-folk, Roberto Carlos Lange is breaking new ground in the world of collaborative visual art.
The French electronic music duo welcomes you aboard their alien undertaking.
If Iggy Pop hasn’t been free this whole time, who the fuck has?
A cool, cutting chronicler of all things California.
The folk-punk trio’s tenth album is their freest and most existential yet.
