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.
Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere
Awash in twang and thick pedal steel, the country star’s seventh album explores the solitary no man’s land that exists between the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another.
Kneecap, Fenian
With bigger melodies and broader synth soundscapes, the rage-rave rap trio’s second LP takes an unexpected turn inward as they continue to take the politics of the world at large to task.
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Penetratingly exact and proudly undefinable, Nick Llobet’s first album since expanding the project to a duo adds more definition to the sinewy, searching palette of their previous material.
Dean Brandt
It’s the first video in the songwriter’s outdoor Sun Rooms Series.
Riverside County public health officials signed an order canceling both music festivals.
Killer Mike is the son of an Atlanta city police officer. Two of his cousins are police officers. He’s one…
Natalie Mering also promises a new Weyes Blood record in 2021.
The impossible-to-beat game arrives ahead of the anticipated “Van Weezer,” out May 15.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 by David Iskra
The video arrives with news of a delayed release date for Price’s “That’s How Rumors Get Started.”
Nine Inch Nails / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Trent Reznor surprised us this morning with two new and free-to-download “Ghosts” records.
The latest in her line of vibrant singles incorporates a wide variety of influences, from The Strokes to Fela Kuti.
The Brits experiment with thermal imagery in the clip for their recent single.
The rockers’ new album drops this Friday, but you can get an exclusive listen at 585-20-PEARL.
The Nirvana cover is the first of many from the musician’s Quarantine Covers series.
Kurt Vile
This Friday alone sees notable releases from Chika, Code Orange, Deap Lips, Lil Uzi Vert, Grouplove, and more.
The single comes from the Philly punks’ third record “Monuments,” out early next month.
The post-punk greats detail their second record this year, out on Record Store Day.
Artists and workers are struggling to rebound as the fest takes a year off amid coronavirus concerns.
The UK trio shares the first single from their newly announced third LP “Hot Slick,” out May 29.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 by David Iskra
The March 9 tornado relief benefit will also feature Brandi Carlile, Ashley McBryde, Sheryl Crow, and Yola.
The band’s new album “Healer” drops next week.
With the festival just over a week away, SX still has a few tricks up their sleeves.
HAWA
The 19-year-old vocalist goes deep on all eight tracks of her seductive debut, out today.
