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.
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.
Beastie Boys, To the 5 Boroughs [Deluxe Edition]
A sparer sound backing sociopolitical ruminations on their hometown post-9/11 defines the rap trio’s sixth LP then and now, in its extended, era-intensive three-LP version.
Foo Fighters, Your Favorite Toy
Dave Grohl focuses on the objects in life that keep us grounded when times are just plain weird on the band’s 12th LP, which is less a total reinvention than a vital recalibration.
A.D. Amorosi
“Good Souls Better Angels” is one of Williams’ most live-wire works.
The godfather of cannabis culture on his comic past, the smoky present, and living long through Trump and COVID-19.
“Fetch” is as cold as it is overheated, as vibrant as it is humble.
“This is a record from the heart about my reconnection to the planet, and the divine existential nature of it all.”
The reissue’s added tracks are all contextual red meat—no gristle or fat.
The ambitious rapper/producer opens up about his legacy and family.
Cellist Maya Beiser and pianist Mike Garson discuss translating the artist’s work into something new.
Though he suspects he has the virus, EOB’s record remains on track for release April 17.
This album offers up some of his best performances, wryest lyrics, and most experimental arrangements in years.
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.
