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.
Punchbag, I Am Obsessed
The South London sibling duo take stock of the clutter in their life with a second EP of rave-infused pop-punk that may convince the listener that it was actually recorded in 2012.
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang, Pompeii // Utility
Working over Surf Gang’s emollient cloud-rap sound beds, both rappers’ blackly comic takes on the fall of mankind in the 21st century come together in a show of unity, utility, and futility.
Jessie Ware, Superbloom
Three albums into her tenure as a pure-pleasure purveyor, Ware leans into the featherweight grooves of the ABBA era for a smooth yet occasionally frictionless epilogue to the trilogy.
Dean Brandt
The Orange County duo dial it back another decade in their latest video.
The absurdist Aussie and his trusted saxophonist strip down a track off Cameron’s debut.
Come for a flask of Henny, stay for the psychedelic vibes.
Natalie Carol and company spread out on the fourth single released from their upcoming Supergiant LP.
The Detroit emcee and his DC cohorts hit the Slab with a pair of jazz-laced beats to match Milk’s singular, insouciant flow.
Whether you’ve been following the band since 2009’s Songbook or you fell for their lilting melodies as one of the…
The LA-based songwriter brings her band to Oregon for an upbeat performance of the sunny single.
Ghost Note (Photo by Todd Cooper)
The Grammy-winning percussion duo crams an entire set’s worth of energy into five minutes with the help of some friends.
The British electronic band is back after seven years with a song about the beast within us all.
The Canadian funktronica duo resurrects their catchy 2014 single for a passionate in-studio performance.
The title track from the LA-based neo-R&B singer’s forthcoming EP is as woozy as it is danceable.
The LA R&B star goes Drake-less on an intimate performance of his 2014 smash.
It’s the first single from Dave 1 and P-Thugg’s upcoming fifth LP Head Over Heels.
The LA duo experiment with dated technology to roll in their new EP, Heavy Sunshine.
Kicking off the new batch of Happy Valley live performances with a bang.
As well as “Ordinary Day,” from “Popular Manipulations.”
photo by Antje Taiga Jandrig
Epicycle finds her taking on classical pieces from throughout history.
The Allah-Las/Jacco Gardner associate gets kosmiche.
photo by Chona Kassinger
The touring member of Perfume Genius sets his song to simmer.
photo by Jaclyn Campanaro
The Death Cab for Cutie sideman demonstrates his “Emotional Freedom Technique.”
