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.
Allison Russell, In the Hour of Chaos
Clearly written in the pressure cooker of Trump’s America, the artist’s community-oriented third album battles the darkness with an at-times overwhelming sense of optimism.
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Stones come as close as they ever will to reckoning with their twilight years on a surprisingly effective 25th LP that finds them bringing a fresh spark to their signature sound.
Kelela, New Avatar
The songwriter’s earliest soul and jazz influences can be found swirling throughout her third album, which also expands into the realms of hypnotic electronic music and alt rock.
Connor Duffey
The Grizzly Bear member opens up about artistic insecurities, living in the countryside, and his debut solo album You Belong There.
Ramona Gonzalez discusses one of the most challenging periods of her life, which led to her most mature album as Nite Jewel, “No Sun.”
Tia Cabral makes a huge instrumental and narrative leap forward on her lush new album.
The experimental project’s mastermind discusses his path out of mental peril and his sprawling new duets album “OH NO.”
Daniel Lopatin assembles a variety of dystopian styles he’s fostered over the years while throwing in some fantastic new ones.
The Irish dance icon’s latest record is a plunge into disco hedonism that feels like a remedy to tumultuous times.
The Welsh producer and DJ discusses how creating her latest album, “Inner Song,” helped lead her out of the hardest years of her life.
Nicolás Jaar’s third album of 2020 is a beautiful and challenging ambient record that does a lot with a little.
The Big Thief drummer crafts gorgeous, discomforting soundscapes on his new solo ambient endeavor.
From shimmering guitars to grimy synths, LA Priest explores a full-spectrum sound journey on “GENE”
The godfather of hypnagogic pop discusses reissuing his earliest albums.
