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.
Minnesota Artists United Against ICE, Melt ICE
This gigantic comp album featuring 110 Minnesotan artists raising funds for immigrant communities terrorized by ICE may also happen to be where you find your new favorite band.
Morrissey, Make-Up Is a Lie
It isn’t always hard to trick ourselves into remembering Moz as he once was on this return-to-form solo LP as he matches mischievous observations with a winning brand of melancholy pop.
Bill Callahan, My Days of 58
Well-observed, a bit absurd, and wholly singular, this “hobo stew” permits each instrument and each musical idea to embrace Callahan’s discursive lyrical and structural style.
A.D. Amorosi
Together, Bowie and Pop all but forged a raw, sketchy, true alternative sound.
Gaga’s sixth album bathes her in issues of inclusivity—but did it have to make her sound like part of the crowd?
“Expect the Unexpected” pays homage to tradition and opens doors to unlimited perceptions.
The producer and songwriter-for-hire’s new project is mostly just a front for hanging out with Daniel Ledinsky.
Merritt talks Florian Schnieder, dates with Jesus, and writing songs under the 2:15 mark.
“Drip Drip Drip”is as unnervingly varied as most of the Mael brothers work—especially in the twenty-first century.
The new coffee table book on Roky Erickson’s band is out now via Anthology Editions.
Joan Wasser returns to a poignant form on her first album of deconstructed favorites in eleven years.
He’s produced for Kanye, Beyoncé, and Geto Boys—and he finally has a record of his own.
“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.
