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.
Portrayal of Guilt, …Beginning of the End
The Austin trio pushes into new territories within the frameworks of hardcore and metal, inserting flourishes of trip-hop, nu metal, and even Memphis rap into their aggressive package.
VINSON, Raw Honey
The debut album from the Detroit-reared artist jumps from jazz to electronica to R&B while always maintaining a cohesive structure of easy Sunday-morning vibes.
Friko, Something Worth Waiting For
With their second album, the Chicago band sheds their tough noise-pop exterior to reveal a more delicate sound—and emotional truisms to match—as they grow more confident.
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.
