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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The Beach Boys, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years [Super Deluxe Edition]
Focusing on the band’s mid-’70s run (and its outtakes), this package is among the oddest, most experimental, and most fulfilling in Beach Boys box history.
The Black Heart Procession, 1 [Reissue]
This remastered re-release of the duo’s haunting, melancholy 1998 debut serves as a brilliant reintroduction to a criminally underappreciated band.
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.
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Neighborhoods
Watch Chloe Moriondo Perform “Manta Rays” in Her Backyard for “Neighborhoods”
The indie star sings of love and longing in Shelby Township, MI.
September 15, 2020
War on Women Raise Hell on New Single
“Wonderful Hell” arrives ahead of the feminist punks’ new record, out this October.
September 10, 2020
Slow Pulp Release Indie Rock Anthem “At It Again”
The quartet’s debut album is out October 9 on Winspear.
September 10, 2020
Neighborhoods
Watch John-Robert Perform “Adeline” in Boyle Heights for “Neighborhoods”
The young singer/songwriter plays the vulnerable song on his front porch in LA.
September 09, 2020
Optic Sink Release “Exhibitionist” Along With a Groovy Playlist
The duo’s self-titled debut is out October 2 via Goner Records.
September 09, 2020
Left at London Considers How Things Are Getting Better on New Single “T-Shirt”
The indie-pop artist has a new album out September 25.
September 09, 2020
Homeboy Sandman Announces “Don’t Feed the Monster,” Shares “Trauma”
The New York rapper worked with Quelle Chris for his next album, out October 16.
September 08, 2020
Janelle Monáe Shares New Track “Turntables” From Forthcoming Voting Rights Doc
The single will appear in “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” which lands on streaming September 18.
September 08, 2020
Okey Dokey Lament Lost Love on “It’s Just You”
“Once Upon One Time” is out October 23 via Park the Van.
September 08, 2020
Playlist
Mike Huguenor’s X Songs That Influenced the X Songs on “X’ed”
The guitar music freak shares some tracks that influenced his debut album.
September 04, 2020
Track by Track
Hannah Georgas Breaks Down Her Aaron Dessner–Produced “All That Emotion” Track by Track
The sprawling record is out today on Brassland and Arts & Crafts.
September 04, 2020
New Fair Fight Benefit Comp Includes New Music From Phoebe Bridgers, Hayley Williams, Weyes Blood, and Angel Olsen
“Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy” will be available on Bandcamp for only 24 hours.
September 02, 2020
Hundredth Announce New Album, Release Lead Single “Bottle It Up”
The metalheads-gone-shoegazers choose synth-pop for “Somewhere Nowhere.”
September 02, 2020
Public Memory Announce New LP “Ripped Apparition,” Share Dazed Single “Epigone”
The dark synthwave project arrives November 20 via Felte.
September 02, 2020
Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper, photographed in SE Portland in April 2020. Photo by Jason Quigley.
Blitzen Trapper Choose Endurance on “Requiem”
The experimental country group have released a new single from their forthcoming album “Holy Smokes Future Jokes.”
September 02, 2020
Fat Tony Announces New Album, “Exotica” Drops Lead Single “Feeling Groovy”
It’ll be the Nigerian-American rapper’s second album of 2020.
September 01, 2020
Track by Track
Oceanator Breaks Down Her Apocalyptic New LP “Things I Never Said” Track by Track
The indie-rock/pop-punk gem is out today via Plastic Miracles.
August 28, 2020
Track by Track
Widowspeak Break Down Their Sprawling LP “Plum” Track by Track
The indie rock duo have a new LP out on Captured Tracks today.
August 28, 2020
Track by Track
Samia Breaks Down Her Debut Album “The Baby” Track by Track
The ambitious NY-based singer/songwriter talks us through her new album, out today on Grand Jury.
August 28, 2020
Robert Glasper Releases New Single with H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello
The artists come together to celebrate Blackness on “Better Than I Imagined.”
August 27, 2020
