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.
Jungle, Sunshine
Sultry, smart, and sophisticated, the London acid-jazz trio’s aptly titled fifth album is a bright, brassy soundtrack to a late summer’s dusk into dawn.
L’Rain, Fata Morgana
Taja Cheek’s complex fourth album pushes the boundaries of genre to create something shimmering and otherworldly.
Kiwi Jr., Blowin’ Up
On an emotionally explosive fourth album of catchy quips about crime scenes, the Toronto jangle-pop band shifts from light-hearted procedural stuff to grisly noir.
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.
