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.
hemlocke springs, the apple tree under the sea
Naomi Udu’s debut album soundtracks her journey of self-discovery through her own version of heaven and hell in a glitch-pop take on Paradise Lost and Dante’s Inferno.
August Ponthier, Everywhere Isn’t Texas
The alt-country songwriter makes the most out of their first full album and its rush of ideas that bask in a sense of independence—both from a repressive upbringing and major-label backing.
Remember Sports, The Refrigerator
The Philly indie rockers take stock of everything on the shelves with a revitalized fifth LP that feels like a lifetime of growth reaching a critical mass.
Brian Josephs
The hip-hop threesome on their self-titled debut and the freedom of being from Arizona.
Open Mike Eagle and Baron Vaughn’s new show presents a platform for black, left-of-mainstream acts.
The “Problem Areas” creator navigates diversity in the writers’ room, gentrification, and the surreality of modern America.
Following the fifteenth anniversary of BET’s “Hey Monie!,” key figures from the show look back on the now-obscure animation that was ahead of its time.
