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.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
Dean Brandt
The former Shudder to Think vocalist serves up a rework of a track originally written with the late grunge icon in mind.
Recorded alone in a St. Louis studio, the songwriter’s debut LP introduces a unique new voice to the indie folk scene.
Kicking off a new season of the festival video series, the hardcore punks raze the Pickathon Slab in under two minutes.
Josh Benus introduces his new indie pop project with the assistance of Liz Cooper.
“Composure” is out now via Fearless Records.
Canterbury’s new contribution to the Atlantic Records roster overcomes the odds to serve up a pair of hard-hitting singles.
The So So Glos vocalist celebrates the good in spite of the overwhelming bad in the first video from his recent solo debut.
The young West Coast rockers embrace the season with a festive new single.
The Lost Boy ? leader introduces his forthcoming Paranoid Fiction with a ripper.
The rootsy pop duo bring their recent single to life in a very Nashville way.
The Canadian Americana songwriter announces his eighth album, Finally Free, and an extensive North American tour along with the foliage-filled video.
The first cut from the Athens, Georgia, songwriter’s debut solo record will take you to Appalachia and beyond.
The Bay Area shoegaze group offer up an early listen of their fifth studio album—their first in eight years.
The summer single gets a video treatment true to the song’s ironic tranquility.
Nashville’s sludgiest jam band carry over their genre-blending brilliance to video for their latest single, announce US and world tour dates.
The SF emcee enlists fellow underground all-stars on the second single from his forthcoming album.
The synth-pop duo reworks their 2008 single for its first official digital release.
Dickey wrote the track himself specifically for the Ethan Hawke–directed film about the life and times of Blaze Foley, which is getting a soundtrack release via Light in the Attic.
The latest track from Justin Sullivan’s debut heads back into the woods.
Dead Hearts Club remember those they’ve lost once upon a time in the deserted west.
