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.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Adam Pollock
Domenico Lancellotti’s second full-length is a mix of dream pop and world music, which proves an intoxicating combination.
The album takes all the musicality the duo has mastered to date and builds on it, with “building” being the operative word.
Despite its energy, “Combat Sports” is more than occasionally boring.
Moby’s latest is a bummer, man—albeit a great-sounding bummer.
Craft’s influences of decades-old bombast and glam and down-home folk and blues combine to create a musical atmosphere that feels both modern and familiar.
The duo’s twentieth studio album gives a nod to the variety of musical styles that have been part of the Giants’ palate all these years.
While Manson’s style of hard rock has been both imitated by other acts and eclipsed by other genres since the artist’s heyday in the late ’90s, the prospect of a new MM release is still cause for anticipation.
The OG trip-hopper returns—with help from some Russian rappers.
Like New York back in the day, Vega’s resilience is inspiring—and still a little scary.
Even the simplest songs can benefit from a bit of production.
With “Vol. 1” you banged your head; “Vol. 2” is the dance party.
It would seem that as a well-heeled, seemingly content octogenarian with a legacy approaching mythical status, Nelson wouldn’t need to keep making records, or that he even could still make one as good as this.
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The German capital is a city of dualities and dichotomies.
The dexterity with which Moon Duo present seemingly simple riffs belies the complexity of the songwriting—and the difficulty in getting to their destination.
The reissue of the New Orleans IDM duo’s debut is a refreshing reminder of a more cerebral time.
photo by Alwin Kuchler
“It was important to me that none of them were victims of the film.”
In his mid-sixties and playing for ever-larger crowds, the New Jersey–based soul singer reflects on how he got here.
While the Glasgow duo’s debut was a bit more coy, the followup is unabashed in its devotion to the guitar.
On “Telling It Like It Is,” Elias Bender Rønnenfelt enlists the services of members of like-minded Nordic punks in Lower, Hand of Dust, and others.
Dinosaur Jr / Give A Glimpse of What Yer Not
Thirty-three years after its formation, Dinosaur Jr. continues to make sublime, rousing rock and roll.
