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.
Ezra Collective, Here Because of Hope
The UK jazz quintet are determined to heal while acknowledging pain on their soulful fourth LP of deeply jubilant, genre-bending, and compassionate odes to the enduring power of hope.
Bloc Party, Anatomy of a Brief Romance
Chronicling the rise and fall of a year-long fling, the influential UK indie rockers’ seventh album feels like a scattered afterthought more than an important part of the band’s journey.
Alabama Shakes, I Must Be Dreaming
The soulful rock trio sound like no time has passed at all after a decade-long break between studio records as they reignite their chemistry as a blockbuster unit.
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Plus backstage shots with Sudan Archives, Sextile, Goldie Boutilier, Pixel Grip, Paw Paw Rod, and Silvana Estrada.
Bikini Kill, Lucy Dacus, De La Soul, Sudan Archives, Orville Peck, and more sights, sounds, and wrestling from under the Space Needle in Seattle.
The avant-punk rockers were joined by bar italia, Her New Knife, and plenty of clowns at their hometown stop of their Bootleg tour.
The Austin psych-cumbia trio played a hometown show last week to celebrate their Dan Auerbach–produced debut.
The hip-hop duo are bumping Clipse, Slayyyter, The Garden, and more before taking the stage this weekend in Seattle.
Fontaines D.C.
Geese, Adéla, Wisp, Kneecap, bar italia, Holly Humberstone, and many more scenes from the iconic UK festival.
The sludge-metal band takes us to their favorite “sorta shitty” thrift stores, “comfortably shittable” coffee shop bathrooms, and more in OKC before dropping their latest LP, Who Loves the Sun.
The indie-folk songwriter plays “Promise” from her latest LP You Are the Spring! in a park in NYC.
With her Margo Price co-produced debut solo album dropping this Friday, Franklin plays “A Heathen’s Hymn” and “I Got a Lover” in her mother’s backyard in Texas.
From relaxing at the beach in Malibu to crate digging at Amoeba Hollywood, the songwriter shares how she spends an ideal day in Los Angeles.
The costumed math-rockers played two nights at the LA venue in the midst of their mostly sold-out world tour.
Austin McCutchen shares a photo diary from the two weeks the Foxing offshoot recently spent with Lucy Dacus on her North American tour.
Set up between Marfa and Alpine, the guitarist plays “Cold Open” and “Big Fish” from his new solo album Thieves, out now via Strolling Bones.
The dream pop outfit takes us to their favorite breweries, ramen spots, ren faires, and more between St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Irish rockers played their first major festival headlining set of 2026 at the historic fest on the northern French coast—which included two songs from their newly announced fifth album Dopamine Chamber.
The largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere in Jersey City was transformed into an immersive, kaleidoscopic light and sound experience.
Death Cab for Cutie, Die Spitz, Geese, Not for Radio, Wet Leg, Ethel Cain, Dijon, and many more from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
The Brooklyn-based songwriter plays an acoustic version of “Reminder” from her fourth and latest album, I Am Both.
While on the road with Tame Impala, Jay Watson’s long-running psych-rock outfit brought its own headlining show to Nashville with support from The Sewing Club.
Backstage shots with Quadeca, i-dle, 54 Ultra, Claire Rosinkranz, New Constellations, and more.
