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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Anna Calvi, Is This All There Is?
The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.
Various artists, Red Xerox: Chicago Youth Beat 2020-2025
Spotlighting the diversity of Chicago’s underground scene, this comp is as much a symposium for genre-defying trailblazers as it is a no-skips playlists capturing the city’s budding youth-beat movement.
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.
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PREMIERE: Cold Showers Clear Up in “Shine” Video
The LA darkwave trio get a little brighter for the second single on the group’s forthcoming “Motionless.”
April 18, 2019
PREMIERE: Juan Wauters Is Just a Man on the Street in “El Hombre de la Calle” Video
The Uruguayan songwriter introduces Juan Pablo, among other identities, in the new video.
April 16, 2019
Film + TV
WATCH: Open Mike Eagle Gives Us a Preview of “The New Negroes” with “Unfiltered” Video
The new OME track arrives with an “Office Space”–esque video and dizzying Danny Brown verses—not to mention an entire TV series.
April 15, 2019
Naia Izumi Gets a Premium Wash in “Soft Spoken” Video for Original Tracks
The soulful LA songwriter announces his signing to Sony Music Masterworks with an OT video.
April 02, 2019
PREMIERE: Uncle Meg Honors World Bipolar Day with “Take Me Away” Video
The Brooklyn-based trans rapper shares the first single from his new EP, “Butterfly,” with a body-conscious video.
March 30, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Mdou Moctar Shares His Van Tunes
The Nigerian guitarist celebrates the release day of his first studio album with nine songs that have soundtracked his current North American tour.
March 29, 2019
WATCH: Cate Le Bon Explores the Welsh Coastline in “Daylight Matters” Video
The first single from “Reward” gets a unique video treatment.
March 28, 2019
PREMIERE: Diane Coffee Confronts Denial on “Like a Child Does”
The Bloomington songwriter shares the second single from his digitized third album.
March 27, 2019
PREMIERE: The Wild Reeds Share Fellini-esque Video for “Lose My Mind”
On the heels of the release of their third album, the LA collective gets dreamy in the video for the record’s first single.
March 26, 2019
TV EYE: PUP Were on Television
The Toronto punks brought their morbid stuff to the “Late Night with Seth Meyers” stage.
March 21, 2019
PREMIERE: Unwed Sailor Offer a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Twenty Years of Indie Rock in “Ovid” Video
Members of Fleet Foxes, Pedro the Lion, Manchester Orchestra, and more populate the unearthed Super-8 footage for the Johnathon Ford project’s first release in a decade.
March 21, 2019
PREMIERE: Disasterpeace Shares “Dracula’s Code” from “Under the Silver Lake” Soundtrack
The collaboration with director David Robert Mitchell follows their 2014 horror partnership on “It Follows.”
March 18, 2019
LISTEN: La Dispute Shares Early Stream of “Panorama” Via Immersive Desktop Game
Pay what you want for the visual album—all proceeds go to LGBTQ youth suicide prevention non-profit The Trevor Project.
March 14, 2019
Playlist
PLAYLIST: Nanami Ozone Break Down Their Influences on “NO”
Prior to releasing their sophomore record, the Phoenix noise pop band walked us through the thirteen tracks that inspired it.
March 13, 2019
Illuminati Hotties Get Honest on “I Wanna Keep Yr Dog”
Before taking the stage at FLOODfest, the “tenderpunk” outfit share a relatable single about love at first pet.
March 05, 2019
HEALTH Stay Busy with New “GTA Online: Arena War” Soundtrack
For their third collaboration with Rockstar Games, the LA noise trio soundtrack vehicular combat.
March 01, 2019
PREMIERE: Potty Mouth Fights a “Liar” in New Video
On “SNAFU”’s release day, the garage rock trio take down the man in colorful video.
March 01, 2019
PREMIERE: Jnr. Williams Says “A Prayer” in Acoustic Video
The R&B-focused songwriter preps for the release of his debut EP next Friday.
March 01, 2019
Nothing Covers Grouper, Announces B-Side Collection
“Spirit of the Stairs” drops next Wednesday via Relapse.
February 28, 2019
Hey Swans, What Is This?
The no-wave holdouts tease new music with cryptic video, acoustic demos, and unique crowdfunding campaign.
February 28, 2019
