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.
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Tragic Magic
Pairing early modern harp and vintage analog synths, the duo cope with disaster by forging soothing atmospheric compositions fueled by their unique creative connection.
Westside Cowboy, So Much Country ’Till We Get There
The buzzy Manchester group’s new EP doubles down on affability with five tracks of straightforward indie rock coursing with charm and easy-going, edgeless quirks.
Xiu Xiu, Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1
These covers capture the broad spectrum of artists who’ve inspired Jamie Stewart over the past 24 years—and prove that Xiu Xiu is able to even make Robyn sound unwaveringly dark.
Dillon Riley
The Raleigh group reemerge from a period of emotional instability and music industry strife with big hooks and swinging sonic motifs that often thrillingly end far from where they begin.
Distilling familiar, if slightly incongruent influences into an uncanny listen, the Pittsburgh collective’s sophomore release makes good on the promise of their early offerings.
On their Topshelf debut, the Philly shoegaze group put an impressive twist on a precious sound that places them in a rarefied class of their own.
There’s a strange feeling lurking within each song on the duo’s debut, as if some extra musical element is just beyond the horizon, a shoe that’s yet to drop.
The Boston trio’s third album succeeds in setting the slowcore group apart from their contemporaries through sheer force of personality.
These 10 tracks of countrified indie rock sound primed to soundtrack plenty of beer-battered bull sessions.
Expect the project’s debut EP out March 19 via Babe City and Topshelf Records.
The Swedish band unearths an old tune in lieu of their cancelled tour with The Radio Dept.
