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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The LA group’s debut is an extremely stylish backdrop with no magnetic centerpiece, a fascinating—and even useful—snapshot of indie rock’s current preoccupations.
Fat Dog, Cancel Me (I’m Tired)
Still in their puppy years, the London dance-punk experimentalists’ second LP reflects our world at a time when chaos reigns and no one seems to be bothering to snap a leash onto its collar.
Bob Dylan, The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings
Capturing 22 different shows on the titular mid-’70s tour, each torrid, angst-ridden live take on this 39-disc collection sounds more manically driven than the gig before it.
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.
