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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Agnes Obel, The Meaning of Flowers
Inspired by the birth of her first child, the Danish artist’s fifth album also pulls heavily from poetry and literature to build on her gorgeous, piano-forward classical-pop sound.
The Frogs, My Daughter the Broad [30th Anniversary Edition]
Originally released on Matador in 1996, this expanded version of the Milwaukee duo’s third LP of deliberately provocative slacker-rock emphasizes the unexpected tenderness at its center.
The Tubs, Hard Life
With its well-curated influences and almost uncomfortably human lyrics, the London jangle-punk quartet’s third LP finds charm and combustible energy in its intersection of bleakness and pep.
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Ron Gallo, “PEACEMEAL”
Gallo’s latest is more softcore, left-field hip-hop and gentle psychedelia than his usual punk/pop vibe.
March 08, 2021
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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, “Carnage”
The pair’s latest is a theatrical, diabolically abstract, and damningly depressive work with a blinding brightness at the end of the tunnel.
March 05, 2021
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Adrian Younge, “The American Negro”
Younge’s bold new music/spoken word LP is his most stirring, politicized, and down-to-earth release to date.
February 24, 2021
Film & TVFilm + TV Essay
Our Streets Are Our Office: on “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Shaka King’s new movie examines the largely untold story of BPP Chairman Fred Hampton, whose assassination was instigated by the FBI.
February 22, 2021
Art & Culture
Barbarous Nomenclature: Devendra Banhart Shows Off His Paintings in His First Solo Art Exhibition
Banhart walks us through his new exhibit “The Grief I Have Caused You,” which runs through March 20 in LA and virtually.
February 19, 2021
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Django Django, “Glowing in the Dark”
All the diversity on the oddly alluring neo-psych group’s fourth record doesn’t always make for great intrigue.
February 17, 2021
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Dusty Springfield, “The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971”
These Southern-rubbed and Philly-styled recordings open the vocalist up to a freedom she never experienced before or after.
February 16, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: Michael C. Hall and Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum Take Us on a Journey
Hall, Peter Yanowitz, and Matt Katz-Bohen on their new electronic art-rock noise record “Thanks for Coming.”
February 16, 2021
The Reissue of “A Year with Swollen Appendices” Is Essential Brian Eno
Between the reissue of his diary and the 2020 releases of his collab with brother Roger Eno and his first collection of film scores, it feels like we’re undergoing another Eno-aissance.
February 12, 2021
Art & CultureIn Conversation
In Conversation: The Weird World of Lushlife
With a recent children’s book, a new single, and an up-coming EP, Raj Haldar proves he’s all in the family.
February 11, 2021
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Tommy James & the Shondells, “Celebration: The Complete Roulette Recordings 1966-1973”
A deep dive into pop’s rare past with a man who made the journey bold, original, and downright frisky.
February 03, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: The Avalanches on the Hailstorm of Feeling That Is “We Will Always Love You”
Tony Di Blasi and Robbie Chater talk collaboration, efficient songwriting, and David Berman following the release of their third LP.
February 01, 2021
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Martin Gore, “The Third Chimpanzee”
This rare solo release from the Depeche Mode songwriter is memorably haunting.
January 29, 2021
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Langhorne Slim, “Strawberry Mansion”
The write raw-boned, ruined country anthems of “Strawberry Mansion” make it a neighborhood worth visiting.
January 28, 2021
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Richard Hell and the Voidoids, “Destiny Street Complete”
These demos and fuller, remixed recordings show off more of the Albert-Ayler-meets-Iggy-Pop thing that Hell and his band probably intended.
January 25, 2021
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Iggy and The Stooges, “You Think You’re Bad, Man: Road Tapes ’73-’74” + “From K.O. to Chaos”
Iggy Pop’s last gasp with the original Stooges is hyper-energized and essential listening alongside the official canon.
January 19, 2021
In Memoriam
Jet Boy Gone: Remembering New York Dolls’ Sylvain Sylvain
The glam-punk guitarist has passed away at the age of 69 after a two-year battle with cancer.
January 15, 2021
Film & TV
In Conversation: M. Night Shyamalan on “Servant,” “Old,” and Adapting to Change
The Apple TV+ series and forthcoming feature prove that the director/writer still has many scary tricks up his sleeve.
January 12, 2021
A colour-enhanced image of English singer and musician David Bowie, exaggerating his heterochromia iridis, 1973. This photo was taken in Paris during a photoshoot for Bowie’s ‘Pin Ups’ album.
Five Years, Five Points of Light: Celebrating the Life of David Bowie Half a Decade After Losing Him
Mike Garson, Michael C. Hall, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, and more discuss their multimedia celebrations of Bowie on what would have been his 74th birthday.
January 08, 2021
Staff Picks
The Best Reissues and Box Sets of 2020
12 records we were pleased to see renewed and revamped.
December 21, 2020
