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.
Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
FLOOD Staff
Modern English
The one-day-only “Flashback Sunday” episode lands on the cusp of the English post-punks’ North American tour.
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.
