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.
Dry Cleaning, Secret Love
With the help of producer Cate Le Bon, the South London quartet’s third album sands down their jagged post-punk edges into smooth, surreal pebbles of magical realism.
Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Bailey Pennick
“Toy Story” film still. Photo courtesy of Disney/Pixar
Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in! Woody, Buzz, and the whole Toy Story gang are slated…
2014. Young Fathers, “Dead”
And the 2014 winner of £20,000, bragging rights, and a maybe curse is…
2014. Brad Pitt and Louis C.K. on “Between Two Ferns”
After having President Obama on his show, a normal person would think that Zach Galifianakis would shut Between Two Ferns down…
Jason Schwartzman in Listen Up Philip / photo courtesy Tribeca Films
The charming actor discusses kindness, collaboration, and personal preparation for his new film, “Listen Up Philip.” Don’t worry, he didn’t go full-on Daniel Day-Lewis.
2014. Hanni El Khatib press photo by Nick Walker
After releasing his excellent sophomore album Head in the Dirt last year, Hanni El Khatib is back with his third album, slated for…
Today it was announced that Saturday Night Live will welcome Chris Rock as its host at the top of next…
2014. U2, “Songs of Innocence” album art
If you clicked over to your iTunes account right now, you would find U2’s thirteenth full-length already in your library, thanks to Apple’s Tim Cook and the creepiness of the Internet.
Wampire, “Bazaar” cover, 2014.
For their sophomore release, “Bazaar,” Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps have harnessed their frenetic energy from nonstop touring and dove deep into the darker side of what their playful moniker suggests.
Christopher Owens is a man in love. Every single song on his sophomore solo release, A New Testament, is dedicated to being in one form of love or another.
George Fest / by Bailey Pennick
A relaxed night heavy on surprise guest stars and tracks from “All Things Must Pass.”
2014. King Tuff, “Black Moon Spell” album art
From the driving title track (and album opener) to the silly short numbers like “I Love You Ugly,” the infectious effect of ’70s glam rock’s high vocals and playful guitar riffs are essentially weaved into the fabric of Black Moon Spell.
Neutral Milk Hotel, The Breeders, Daniel Johnston September 18, 2014 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California The Hollywood Bowl is an…
From our introduction to Philip Lewis Friedman through the freshly released theatrical trailer for Listen Up Philip, we’re aware that…
Red Bull Sound Select launches ambitious “30 Days In LA” program.
photo by Jillian Dudley
Yoodoo Park on the isolation and loss that inspired his emotionally tumultuous sophomore record, “Soon Away”; listen to an exclusive track from the new record, “Faux”
2014. Karen O, “Crush Songs” album art.
Through Crush Songs, her first proper venture into the solo world, Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O simultaneously proves that there is more to her than meets the (brightly made-up) eye, and that this delicate LP does not threaten the high voltage existence of her New York garage-punk trio.
For the official music video for the title track of his latest release, prolific psych-rocker Ty Segall brings you deep into his world.
Almost exactly two months from when we first heard Grimes’s latest stand alone single “Go,” the club-ready track (originally penned…
2014 Beyoncé performing at the VMAs
Queen Bey blew the audience away with her 2014 VMA Video Vanguard medley performance.
2014. Naomi Punk, “Television Man” album art.
While there are several gripping shows on TV and on our instant streaming devices—shows that make our hearts stop and our brains start working (I’m looking at you, Rust Cohle)—overwhelmingly we turn on the boob tube to tune out the world around us.
