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
“L.W.” is the fussier second half to the brutal “K.G.,” a glistening yin to its toughened yang.
On his first solo record in 30 years, Leary reconvenes Butthole Surfers–style caustic silliness.
This mini-box features fluidly funky outtakes from often-neglected album sessions, together with a mystery recording with George Harrison.
The Anglo-Franco icon discusses the ghosts that fill her recent album “Oh ! Pardon tu dormais…”
Gallo’s latest is more softcore, left-field hip-hop and gentle psychedelia than his usual punk/pop vibe.
The pair’s latest is a theatrical, diabolically abstract, and damningly depressive work with a blinding brightness at the end of the tunnel.
Younge’s bold new music/spoken word LP is his most stirring, politicized, and down-to-earth release to date.
Shaka King’s new movie examines the largely untold story of BPP Chairman Fred Hampton, whose assassination was instigated by the FBI.
Banhart walks us through his new exhibit “The Grief I Have Caused You,” which runs through March 20 in LA and virtually.
All the diversity on the oddly alluring neo-psych group’s fourth record doesn’t always make for great intrigue.
These Southern-rubbed and Philly-styled recordings open the vocalist up to a freedom she never experienced before or after.
Hall, Peter Yanowitz, and Matt Katz-Bohen on their new electronic art-rock noise record “Thanks for Coming.”
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.
With a recent children’s book, a new single, and an up-coming EP, Raj Haldar proves he’s all in the family.
A deep dive into pop’s rare past with a man who made the journey bold, original, and downright frisky.
Tony Di Blasi and Robbie Chater talk collaboration, efficient songwriting, and David Berman following the release of their third LP.
This rare solo release from the Depeche Mode songwriter is memorably haunting.
The write raw-boned, ruined country anthems of “Strawberry Mansion” make it a neighborhood worth visiting.
These demos and fuller, remixed recordings show off more of the Albert-Ayler-meets-Iggy-Pop thing that Hell and his band probably intended.
Iggy Pop’s last gasp with the original Stooges is hyper-energized and essential listening alongside the official canon.
