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.
Warning, Rituals of Shame
The pummeling hypnotism of the doom-metal band’s first new material in 20 years still feels perfectly matched to Patrick Walker’s pained howls and Vantablack-hued emotions.
Styrofoam Winos, Any River
The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife
The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.
FLOOD Staff
The English noise-punks returned to New York this week after singer Phoebe Lunny’s recent injury.
The LA-based indie-pop group’s second album is slated to arrive on August 28 via Mom + Pop.
Geese, Wet Leg, Noah Kahan, Clipse, Kesha’s star-packed SuperJam, and much more from The Farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
The roots rockers perform their new single “Justified” and “You’ll Never Find Me” from 2025’s Almost Home at the Sagebrush honky-tonk.
Backstage shots with Jane Remover, Fcukers, Holly Humberstone, Absolutely, Confidence Man, flowerovlove, and many more from Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Before dropping their new album Bingo! this week, the Canadian art-punks walk us through some of their favorite spots in their home city.
CHVRCHES’s Martin Doherty and Jonny Scott took us behind the scenes at their new project’s debut performance.
The Americana collective plays their version of Hurricane Smith’s 1971 single “Don’t Let It Die,” as featured on the band’s new covers collection of the same name.
The Swiss group performs the cut from their newly released GLUT LP at their Rote Fabrik rehearsal space.
The NYC group shares a photo diary from the first leg of their North American tour supporting Vundabar, with the second leg kicking off next week.
Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas—and their baby daughter—take us to some of their favorite spots across three boroughs ahead of the release of their seventh album, Roses.
Following last week’s release of the Jay Som–produced In Through the Front with Lasers LP, the songwriter plays “Microwave” and “Dogs” in her vibraphone player’s backyard in Troy Hill.
The LA-based songwriter breaks down all six tracks on the release, which match the intimacy and thoughtfulness of their lyrics.
Supporting her newly released debut album, Grohl will hit the San Francisco venue on October 27.
Behind the scenes in Napa Valley with Teddy Swims and Tré Cool, Absolutely, Girl Tones, Charlotte Lawrence, Bush, and…John Stamos.
Live scenes of Foo Fighters, Joan Jett, sombr, Folk Bitch Trio, The Beths, Ludacris, Absolutely, and more from the Napa Valley fest.
Gearing up for the release of her new LP Run, Run Pure Beauty this week, Jana Bahrich gives us a bike tour of her European hometown.
Shots of Toro y Moi, Smerz, Tortoise, Nourished by Time, and more from the two-day fest in Chicago.
Shots of Lorde, Magdalena Bay, The Last Dinner Party, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Blood Orange, Alex, G, and more from over the weekend in SLC.
The Canadian trio play “Here Comes” from their upcoming LP Souvenir on top of a friend’s garage in Villeray.
