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.
Steve Lacy, Oh Yeah?
With a warmer, looser take on anthemic soul-pop, the guitarist and songwriter’s third solo effort sees him move way beyond the reach of The Internet.
Quicksand, Bring on the Psychics
The post-hardcore band’s razor-sharp fifth album finds the perfect balance between doing what they’ve done best since 1990 and successfully trying out new ideas.
Helado Tropical, Helado Tropical
An open-hearted meeting of minds, the collaborative debut from Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical’s Fabi Reyna is a warm, Latin-inspired electronic-pop collection made to soundtrack blissful summer evenings.
FLOOD Staff
Rina Sawayama
Röyksopp, Thundercat, Purple Disco Machine, SBTRKT, Jai Paul, and more will be taking over the Bay Area for Portola Week 2023.
The indie icons—along with Cat Power—closed out the Summer Stage series at the historic Asbury Park, NJ venue.
Both tracks appeared on the songwriter’s LP Forgiving Season released earlier this summer.
Fatboy Slim
Every Saturday leading up to the event on the weekend of September 30, we’ll be exclusively playing tracks by artists performing at the San Francisco festival.
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.
