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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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.
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Johnny Cash, “A Night To Remember, 1973” + “The Complete Mercury Recordings”
Both new projects pull the curtain back on missed moments, eras of Cash once considered minor.
August 03, 2020
Gordon Lightfoot: The Solitary Man Has Some Laughs on “Solo”
With the new Lightfoot doc premiering today, we revisit a conversation we had with the legendary songwriter earlier this year upon the release of his 21st album.
July 29, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz on His New Book “Remain in Love”
The co-founder of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club speaks gleefully in his memoir, out today.
July 21, 2020
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JARV IS…, “Beyond the Pale”
“Beyond the Pale” feels tight, tense, yet free, with pasty Cocker as the broodingly bittersweet centerpiece.
July 20, 2020
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Willie Nelson, “First Rose of Spring”
This Nelson isn’t bleak, but he sure comes close to it.
July 09, 2020
Film + TVIn Memoriam
Ennio Morricone: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Remembering the iconic Italian film composer, who died this week at 91.
July 08, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Rufus Wainwright’s New Rules
The singer/songwriter on love and politics, mom and dad, and his frank new album, Unfollow the Rules.
July 01, 2020
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Teyana Taylor, “The Album”
The R&B star’s lengthy new record is rife with positivist, lush, classic R&B with a ’90s revisionist twist.
July 01, 2020
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Khruangbin, “Mordechai”
The trio’s third LP sticks to piledriving and fluid rhythms while stoking their flames of melody like never before.
June 30, 2020
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Bob Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways”
Dylan once again reinvents himself for his first album of original songs since 2012.
June 22, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: Peter Kember on the Return of Sonic Boom
Solitude, mortality, and ascendancy make “All Things Being Equal” an unearthly delight.
June 18, 2020
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Iggy Pop, “The Bowie Years”
Together, Bowie and Pop all but forged a raw, sketchy, true alternative sound.
June 12, 2020
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Lady Gaga, “Chromatica”
Gaga’s sixth album bathes her in issues of inclusivity—but did it have to make her sound like part of the crowd?
June 10, 2020
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79rs Gang, “Expect the Unexpected”
“Expect the Unexpected” pays homage to tradition and opens doors to unlimited perceptions.
June 04, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek Talks The Neverly Boys and Writing Without Pressure
The producer and songwriter-for-hire’s new project is mostly just a front for hanging out with Daniel Ledinsky.
May 22, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: A Not-So-Quick Talk with Stephin Merritt About The Magnetic Fields’ “Quickies”
Merritt talks Florian Schnieder, dates with Jesus, and writing songs under the 2:15 mark.
May 19, 2020
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Sparks, “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”
“Drip Drip Drip”is as unnervingly varied as most of the Mael brothers work—especially in the twenty-first century.
May 18, 2020
Digging Into Paul Drummond’s “The 13th Floor Elevators: A Visual History”
The new coffee table book on Roky Erickson’s band is out now via Anthology Editions.
May 14, 2020
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Joan as Police Woman, “Cover Two”
Joan Wasser returns to a poignant form on her first album of deconstructed favorites in eleven years.
May 12, 2020
In Conversation
In Conversation: For Producer and Synth Wizard Mike Dean, Every Day Is 4:20
He’s produced for Kanye, Beyoncé, and Geto Boys—and he finally has a record of his own.
May 11, 2020
