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.
Kelsey Lu, So Help Me God
On their second LP, Lu taps Jack Antonoff and Yves Rothman to co-produce a fascinating tapestry of pop, R&B, electronica, classical, folk, and everything avant-garde in between.
Genghis Tron, Signal Fire
The cacophony of ideas on display on the transhumanist metal band’s dystopian fourth album reflects the relentless, manic digi-present we find ourselves in today.
Vince Staples, Cry Baby
On his first release away from Def Jam, the emcee spends more time looking outward than inward, peering into a communal politic with more rock to his roll than ever before.
A.D. Amorosi
Faithfull finds sympathetic, poetic tones and empathetic lilting melodies in the guise of producer/violinist Ellis.
The retrospective on the artist, whose work you may know from Pavement and Silver Jews album covers, has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal.
The mega-box set gives rabid fans something to hold onto, stuffing the band’s innovative discography into an immense treasure chest.
The British comedian isn’t laughing anymore (well, not while making his seriously soulful psychedelic music).
We talked to curator Lee Foster about the new site he’s running with the Johnston family to share the late songwriter’s visual art.
This posthumous LP is less a grand finale summing up a career than it is another piece of a greater puzzle.
This remastering of the ex-Beatle’s solo debut sees wealths of emotion poured out in ways previously unimaginable.
On the future-looking new releases from Dr. Lonnie Smith and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.
Overstuffed and unified, this deluxe reissue has all the freneticism of its initial ideal whole.
The EP feels more like a party with friends discussing the nation’s state of shock than it does a staid studio session.
Re-released on red vinyl by Nonesuch Records, this major-label debut is still a delectably odd beauty.
Producer Andrew Loog Oldham and documentarian Mary Wharton contextualize The Poet and The Poet II on the event of the albums’ reissue.
The keeper of the castle that is Jamaican music, Patricia Chin tells the story of her life’s work with “Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey.”
Early synth designer-producer Margouleff talks about the late great producer, the 50th anniversary of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, and helping Stevie Wonder innovate.
Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points have created a vintage vibe noir masterpiece for the 21st century.
“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.
