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.
Ella Langley, Dandelion
The pop-country songwriter understands the human weight of the American South’s emotionally rich tableau of high-speed heartbreak and low-light bars, as demonstrated on a resilient second album.
Sugar Horse, Not a Sound in Heaven
On their cleanest-sounding record yet, the doomy Bristol band’s idea of dance music feels perfectly suitable for the turbulent year 2026 has already proven to be.
Lime Garden, Maybe Not Tonight
The cocktail of frustration, insecurity, and lust that courses through the Brighton quartet’s buzzing and adventurous second album mirrors the trajectory of an energetic night out.
FLOOD Staff
This year’s fest will feature performances from The Strokes, The xx, FKA twigs, Nine Inch Noize, Ethel Cain, Geese, Turnstile, and dozens more.
The LA-based songwriter plays “Story’s End” from her first new album in seven years on the roof of her garage.
Jack Whitescarver debuted his band’s experimental noise-rock record Amiture Music at Bed-Stuy’s unconventional new palazzo-brownstone venue.
The “Body High Tour” in support of 2025’s EUSEXUA and EUSEXUA Afterglow albums hit Seattle this past week.
The British pop star brought her “This Tour May Contain New Music” North American run to Seattle this week.
Joyce Manor’s I Used to Go to This Bar tour stop in Chicago also featured support from Combat and Teen Mortgage.
The Tennessean songwriter teases her new album Face the Feeling with a performance of the recent single at Club Roar Studios.
The slacker-country rockers brought songs from Bleeds and beyond to the Minneapolis venue last week.
Jimmy Chauveau and Jon Hembrey play their 2016 hit “Spirits” and “Skin of My Teeth” from their new Burning Bridges Into Dust EP on a sunny hillside while touring the Pacific Northwest.
Geese
Father John Misty, flipturn, Gelli Haha, Blondshell, hemlocke springs, Haute & Freddy, and more from downtown Boise’s sprawling music and arts fest.
The Swedish garage rock icons brought their The Hives Forever Forever The Hives tour to Chicago this past week.
The electro-pop trio celebrate the release of their fifth album Everything Glows with a playlist featuring Beach House, Robyn, The Radio Dept., and more.
The Irish group capped off their first-ever US tour in typically Texan fashion: with a Flavortown Waterloo in one hand and a firearm in the other.
The actor and songwriter gives a very wintery performance of the songs “The Spirit of ’76” and “Everybody Is Dying” from his new album in Upstate New York.
Water From Your Eyes, Rocket, Surfbort, Kreayshawn, Panic Shack, and more scenes from the 40th iteration of Austin’s annual music festival and conference.
The Canadian songwriter plays “How do I get to you?” and “The Hunches” from her newly released debut album Winged.
The sold-out show from Big Thief’s guitarist in Pasadena featured an opening set from his other project Kisser.
The eccentric electro-pop artist spins Animal Collective, OutKast, Britney Spears, and more on her week-long radio takeover.
The Algerian guitar group shares dispatches from the Sahara ahead of their latest collection, Hoggar, dropping via their own Wedge label.
Maya Hawke and Christian Lee Hutson
Ringing in the year of the fire horse, the event’s 39th edition emphasized a message of celebration amid a moment of turmoil.
