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.
Courtney Barnett, Creature of Habit
Still flatliningly deadpan, the Australian songwriter uses the back-and-forth fear of the new as a start point for further depth-diving and confession on her fourth solo album.
The Twilight Sad, It’s the Long Goodbye
The sixth album from the Scottish proponents of existential angst is centered around the intertwining duality of death and life, fueled in turn by feelings of despair, disbelief, and defiance.
deary, Birding
Sounding like a band well into their second decade of existence, the London-based dream-pop trio stretch each song on their debut without ever letting them overstay their welcome.
FLOOD Staff
Coco & Breezy, Soccer Mommy, Poolside, Grace Ives, Yaya Bey, No Vacation, and more from the fest within the fest.
Lorde at Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland. August 12, 2023. Photo by Joshua Mellin
Shots of Blur, Kelela, Tove Lo, Suede, Wizkid, and more from Helsinki, Finland.
The Kentucky-based songwriter performs two tracks from his Dan Auerbach–produced debut album Yellow Peril, out now via Easy Eye Sound.
Megan thee Stallion at Outside Lands in San Francisco, CA. August 13, 2023. Photo by Mallory Turner
Shots of The 1975, Alvvays, Soccer Mommy, Ethel Cain, Gabriels, beabadoobee, Maggie Rogers, and more from Golden Gate Park.
The LA-based musician announced his new album Blame It All on Love earlier this month with a yacht-rock-indebted single.
Josh Homme and co.’s “The End Is Nero” tour touched down in Philly earlier this week.
Behind-the-scenes shots from the inaugural two-day festival at Waterfront Park in San Diego.
Kendrick Lamar
Pics of Alex G, Lil Yachty, SOFI TUKKER, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rina Sawayama, and more from Grant Park.
The track was featured on Jordan Benjamin’s I Love You, I’m Trying LP, out now via Fueled by Ramen.
The Flaming Lips at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA. August 5, 2023. Photo by David Iskra
Wayne Coyne and co. are on tour celebrating 20 years of their classic Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots album.
The London-based house musician’s recent Not As I EP gets a physical release this Friday via Domino.
Shots of Remi Wolf, Indigo De Souza, Jason Isbell, Bartees Strange, and more from the iconic annual fest on the shores of Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island.
The neo-psych quartet perform two tracks from their forthcoming LP Eternal Embers on Cypress Mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
Following the release of the band’s sixth LP I Want It All Right Now, Christian Zucconi and Hannah Hooper spin everything from Wire and Talking Heads to alt-J and Broncho.
Shots of Alvvays, Vagabon, JPEGMAFIA, Big Thief, and more from the annual fest in Chicago’s Union Park.
The indie-pop duo return to Mina Walker’s hometown to perform two tracks outside the arts organization Music Box Village ahead of their upcoming European/UK tour.
Featuring 272 pages of portraits, live photos, and behind-the-scenes shots from the 2000s and beyond, the hardcover book arrives November 7 via Weldon Owen.
Leaning into the genres explored on her latest record Love as Projection, Rose spins an hour of coldwave and post-punk deep cuts.
Sisters Natalie, Allison, and Meegan Closner perform the track from their new album The Sun in a parking lot during a stop on their recent North American tour.
The iconic indie rock outfit is releasing their Sumday-era B-sides and rarities collection Sumday: Excess Baggage digitally next month.
