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.
Julia Holter, Materia
The LA-based art-pop composer’s technical mastery is front-and-center on this latest project as she transforms emotions through symbolic language and melody.
Wild Pink, Still Coming Down
After documenting his recovery from cancer on 2024’s Dulling the Horns, John Ross returns with an album that reassures us that healing is always within our grasp.
Public Opinion, The Curse of Public Opinion
A deceptively heavy record behind its jaunty melodies and catchy choruses, the Colorado punks’ second LP is a cold shower that makes you feel fully alive.
FLOOD Staff
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.
The Perth quartet play “Loose Change” and “Echo” from their newly released second album, I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View.
Kevin Parker and Joe Keery played two sold-out shows in Nashville this week.
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Geese, Wet Leg, Ethel Cain, Tate McRae, The xx, Audrey Hobert, Sienna Spiro, and so much more from Grant Park in Downtown Chicago.
The British soul songwriter plays “Gentle Reminder” and “Why I Cry” in a backyard in the midst of touring the East Coast.
The band was supported by local rockers Smut at their Lollapalooza kick-off show in Chicago.
The Afro-Cuban jazz band leader performs the title track from his recently released LP to close out the evening’s set in Japan.
Backstage shots with This Is Lorelei, Madi Diaz, Morgan Nagler, Hot Tuna, KIRBY, and more from the legendary seaside fest in Rhode Island.
The dream-pop duo play an acoustic version of “It’s Enough” from their newly released album Everythingness in the city’s Bermondsey district.
Buzz Osborne takes us behind the scenes of their tour with Mike Patton’s long-running supergroup.
The Manchester band spins tracks by Title Fight, Queens of the Stone Age, Marvin Gaye, and more ahead of their performance at Lollapalooza this weekend.
