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.
Of Montreal, Aethermead
Kevin Barnes rallies something bracingly emotional on their 20th album in 30 years, sounding more crisply, contagiously, singularly psychedelic than they have in ages.
Olivia Rodrigo, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Teetering between the influences of ’80s new wave and ’90s alt-rock, the pop star’s third album is a journey from jubilant lovesickness to a fatalistic collapse into romantic decay.
Goose, Big Modern!
At once their most even-keeled and explosively hook-crowded album yet, the jam-grinding ensemble’s latest is a stretch toward something uniquely slick and end-timey.
Dean Brandt
photo by Mark Mushet
“A depiction of depression by aAron munson”
photo by Daniel Topete
The video for the “High in Place” single was shot hours before the November election.
Parlor Walls
From March’s “Opposites.”
“Olden Goldies” is out May 5 via BUFU.
photo by Sebastian Buzzalino
The “Modern Pressure” cut gets a clip of its own.
photo by Conor Collins
From May’s “II.”
The LA digi-psych duo’s POW debut will drop later this year.
And a very funky Friday to you.
Recorded on the remote island of Ukerewe, in Lake Victoria.
photo by Travis Button
The Dry Food cut gets its day in the sun.
photo by Rubin Utama
None about buildings or food, though.
photo by Kyle Thomas
The cut from the Wand frontman’s solo record gets its own video.
Continuing the surprisingly rich tradition of musical excellence in Panola County, Mississippi.
Tamikrest / photo by Sebastien Rieussec
From “Kidal,” the band’s forthcoming LP.
The “Weirdo Shrines” cut shimmers in the daylight.
photo by Loulou Callister-Baker
From his forthcoming Dead Oceans debut.
The SF punks channel no-wave aggression.
photo by Jelle Wagenaar
The audio engineer known for her work with St. Vincent steps out from behind the boards.
photo by Corinne Merrell
From the duo’s excellent collaborative album “Music To Draw To: Satellite.”
Plus: the Oregon festival reveals the first wave of names for this year’s get-down.
