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.
Harry Styles, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.
The sequel to the 2022 Album of the Year GRAMMY winner is another radical genre shape-shift for a pop star who refuses to settle for just another EDM album.
Scout Gillett, Tough Touch
Expanding her palette with grungy new influences, the LA-via-Kansas-City songwriter’s second album is often higher-octane while retaining her debut’s emotional core.
Mirah, Dedication
Gently playful with a fire burning underneath, the artist’s first record in seven years signifies her devotion to the craft of making music, whether the light in her career is burning bright or dim.
Dean Brandt
Blood Orange / photo by Daniel Cavazos
Dev Hynes provides a visual component to his Toro y Moi–featuring “Angel’s Pulse” single.
The Norwegian synth-pop star lists her top cuffing and uncuffing tunes by Toro y Moi, Céline Dion, and more.
The single precedes the Azure Ray songwriter’s seventh solo album, out November 11.
Barnett gives the new-wavy “Keep On” a deadpan makeover.
Sparhawk grills Watt about the writing and recording process behind his forthcoming “Storm Damage.”
The iconic London post-punk group will release the LP January 24 via their own label, pinkflag.
Weyes Blood
Stream the new EP of alternate takes from Natalie Mering’s recent LP, “Titanic Rising.”
*to camera* It’s not really a pop song.
As promised, the Chicago rappers debut their new moniker with an icy single.
The addition of Weyes Blood, JPEGMAFIA, Japanese Breakfast, and more position the Amazon fest as a must-attend event.
Noname at Outside Lands / photo by Santos Social Club
Three of Chicago’s most promising rappers are up to something.
The Berklee multi-instrumentalist walks us through his three-track debut.
The latest from Wilco’s Nels Cline and Cibo Matto’s Yuka C. Honda is a dizzy blend of synths and guitars.
The single marks Dan Snaith’s first new music since 2014’s “Our Love” LP.
The latest release from the LA-based vocalist and producer on Arts & Crafts is now streaming everywhere.
Paramore drummer Zac Farro talks us through his third solo album of Afropop-infused psych.
The French one-woman-band introduces her fourth LP of dark folk with a speedy acoustic single.
Nearing the one-year anniversary of “Bottle It In,” the songwriter takes us behind the scenes of the album’s making.
“Civilisation I” arrives just in time for the London trio’s North American takeover.
The Turkish psych collective have garnered praise from Tame Impala, King Gizzard, and Edward Sharpe.
