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.
Beyoncé, B’Day [20th Anniversary Edition]
Along with remastering its original mix to bring out the disc’s vibrantly wild percussion, there’s a warmth to this celebratory touch-up of the pop star’s second solo LP that was forever missing.
Diary, Spiral Bound
The Brooklyn-based jangle-pop quintet’s aptly diaristic debut takes the form of a novella, as each track seems to correspond with a particular time in the wee hours of the morning.
Sleep, Hemispheres
Touching back down from the depths of smoke-space to release their first album in eight years, the newly reconfigured stoner-metal titans offer myriad psychedelic delights.
Annie Lesser
Twenty years into the bit, Ted Lasso co-creator Brendan Hunt discusses bringing his Presley/Costello performance to the Troubadour, his recent encounter with Costello, and more.
Aurora, Garbage, Weezer, TV on the Radio, Queens of the Stone Age, and more from Mexico City.
St. Vincent at Corona Capital / photo by Annie Lesser
Clairo, Jack White, Green Day, Beck, Cage the Elephant, and more from the annual festival in Mexico City.
Big Freedia, Kesha, Channel Tres, Adam Lambert, and more sights and sounds from West Hollywood’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebration.
Pulp
The trifecta of Britpop icons performed at the annual festival in Mexico City, along with The Hives, Phoenix, Fever Ray, MUNA, and many more.
We spoke with Teragram Presents’ Michael and Brian Swier, opening night headliners Phantogram, and other figures behind LA’s new music hotspot.
