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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@, Autosmile
The experimental duo coil psychedelic-folk introspection around prog-rock guitar flourishes across the dramatically pivoting tracklist of their acoustically oriented debut for 4AD.
Rachel Chinouriri, I Think I Spoke Too Soon
On her second album, the English artist pivots to clubbier sounds that both satisfy and sting as she suppresses loneliness with a fake smile and a polished dance-pop sheen.
Fontaines D.C., Dopamine Chamber
Opting for a synthetic architecture over the driving guitar language of earlier records, the Dublin band shatters their sonic frontier to reveal a grim catechism for hyper-processed hedonism.
Dan Epstein
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In Conversation: Opeth’s “In Cauda Venenum” Is a Different Kind of Heaviness
Mikael Åkerfeldt on the Swedish prog metal group’s bilingual, “super-epic” new album.
September 26, 2019
In Memoriam
Remembering Nick Walusko: 1960-2019
A tribute to Nicky Wonder, cofounder of the Wondermints and guitarist for Brian Wilson, who died this week at age fifty-nine.
August 08, 2019
Mastodon Honors Beloved Manager on “Stairway to Nick John”
Drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor on the Led Zeppelin classic they recorded for their late manager, who passed away last year.
May 17, 2019
Straight from the King’s Mouth: Wayne Coyne on The Flaming Lips’ New Album for Record Store Day
Named for Coyne’s 2015 art instillation of the same name, “King’s Mouth” features twelve interconnected songs with narration from The Clash’s Mick Jones.
April 11, 2019
Art & CultureDigital CoverFilm + TV
Colluding with Rob Rogers and Tenacious D’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass
Our FLOOD 9 cover conversation between ex–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette political cartoonist and an irreverent rock duo.
October 31, 2018
In Conversation
In Conversation: Dave Davies of The Kinks Still Believes in the Village Green
Out of place and underappreciated in 1968, “The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society” has finally reached the status it deserves in the highest tier of rock——and Dave Davies sincerely appreciates that, late as it may be.
October 19, 2018
Jessie and Katey by Jeremy Fraga
Art & CultureEvents
Jessie and Katey’s Art of Noise
Inside the world of the Lollapalooza poster artists.
August 20, 2018
Sunflower Bean Are Stretching Things Out
The trio are careful about what they do in the studio, but once they hit the stage all bets are off.
August 13, 2018
