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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Boards of Canada, Inferno
The Scottish duo’s first album in 13 years is their most evocative yet, presenting a series of down-tuned tones and dark chordal scores rippling with cryptic samples and robo-voice blips.
Paul McCartney, The Boys of Dungeon Lane
On his 20th album, the octogenarian pop-rock architect builds a time machine out of scuffed acoustic guitars, warm tape hiss, and the kind of indelible melodies that cast a long shadow.
Iceage, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
By returning to the rustic environment that birthed their mid-career peak, the Danish post-punks rekindle their core artistic flame with a masterclass in controlled chaos.
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The Marshall Project Is Amplifying the Creative Voices of Prisoners
A staff writer at the nonprofit focused on the US criminal justice system, Maurice Chammah details his Redemption Songs project and its goal of turning listeners on to various periods and styles of music recorded by the incarcerated.
May 07, 2026
Track by Track
A Dream Unusual of Its Kind: Colin Blunstone Takes Us Through “Odessey and Oracle” Track by Track
The band’s guitarist and co-vocalist shares his recollections behind every song on the band’s 1968 psychedelic pop masterpiece in honor of its recent mono reissue.
April 17, 2026
The Band Squeeze in 2025 photographed by Dean Chalkley
In Conversation
Squeeze: Welcome to Trixies
Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook discuss their new concept album about a fictional nightclub that was originally recorded as demos way back in 1974 when the duo were teens.
March 12, 2026
10 (More) Truly Strange Christmas Albums
From funk icons to Canadian body-builders, we rank some of the oddest figures gunning for the holiday music canon.
December 16, 2025
Film & TVFirst Look
The Unsung Piano Genius Behind The Stones, The Who and The Beatles: Nicky Hopkins Finally Gets His Due in “The Session Man”
Inside the new documentary with producer John Wood, plus a First Look at George Harrison’s segment in the film.
November 04, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne during an interview for the documentary film “The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years,” Mulholland Drive, Hollywood, California. 12 September 1987.
In Memoriam
A World Without Ozzy
Remembering the Prince of Fuckin’ Darkness Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away this week at 76.
July 23, 2025
In Conversation
Paul Weller Talks Striking Gold with His New Covers Collection
The British songwriter discusses digging deep for the tracks he recorded for his 18th album Find El Dorado.
July 21, 2025
In Memoriam
How Sly & the Family Stone Changed Music as We Know It
10 songs by musicians who were significantly impacted by Sly Stone, who passed away this week at the age of 82.
June 10, 2025
In Conversation
What The High Llamas’ Sean O’Hagan Is Doing Now
After a brush with cancer, the Irish songwriter discusses why his new R&B-tinged LP Hey Panda might be his last with the project—and what he has in store for the future.
March 29, 2024
In Conversation
Ty Segall on Reaching Epic New Heights with “Three Bells”
Along with his wife and collaborator Denée, the prolific garage rocker discusses how communication, inconsistency, and ego death shaped his deeply immersive 15th studio album.
January 23, 2024
Playlist
Merry Christmas from Johnny Mathis
The legendary pop crooner made a holiday mix for FLOOD readers.
December 13, 2023
Bridging Past and Present with Independent Project Records and Press
Label founder Bruce Licher and Shiva Burlesque singer Jeffrey Clark discuss reviving the project over 40 years after it was initially launched, as well as Licher’s striking letterpress design work.
October 24, 2023
In Conversation
Jerry Harrison on the Timeless Appeal of Talking Heads and “Stop Making Sense”
The band’s guitarist/keyboardist discusses restoring the concert film’s iconic soundtrack, reuniting with his band at TIFF, and their journey to funk.
September 11, 2023
In Conversation
Galen & Paul on Always Pursuing the Third Option with Their Debut Collaborative Album
Songwriter Galen Ayers and The Clash’s Paul Simonon share how they avoided repeating old ideas on their new record Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?.
May 17, 2023
The Zombies – Photography by ALEX LAKE insta @twoshortdays WWW.TWOSHORTDAYS.COM
In Conversation
This Will Be Our Year: Colin Blunstone on New LP “Different Game” and Six Decades of The Zombies
The group’s lead vocalist discusses releasing new music while gearing up for the debut of a forthcoming documentary chronicling the legendary act’s early years.
May 08, 2023
In Conversation
Devo’s Gerald V. Casale Continues to Fight De-Evolution with “The Invisible Man”
The new wave icons’ founding member discusses his new RSD Black Friday exclusive EP, decades of resistance, and squid risotto in our recent chat.
November 22, 2022
In Conversation
Greg Dulli on Songwriting, Mark Lanegan, and the Endurance of The Afghan Whigs
The group’s guest-heavy ninth album, How Do You Burn?, is out now via Royal Cream/BMG.
September 09, 2022
In Conversation
Separate Ways: Steve Perry on How a 40-Year-Old Journey Hit Found New Life Via “Stranger Things”
Joined by Alloy Tracks’ Bryce Miller and Troy MacCubbin, Perry discusses why he believes the 1983 hit resonates so deeply in 2022.
July 27, 2022
Redd Kross, Los Angeles, California. 11 May 1987. L-R: Steven McDonald, Robert Hecker, Roy McDonald, Jeffrey McDonald.
In Conversation
Steven McDonald on the 35th Anniversary of Redd Kross’ “Neurotica”
Merge Records is releasing an expanded edition of the band’s 1987 classic on June 24.
June 22, 2022
In Conversation
Ty Segall: Life in the California Hills
Ahead of the release of his latest project Hello, Hi, Segall tells us how life in Topanga stacks up against the time he spent building a cult following within San Francisco’s garage rock scene.
April 27, 2022
