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.
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.
MEMORIALS, All Clouds Bring Not Rain
The genre-hopping fifth LP from Verity Susman and Matthew Simms is more ornate and ambitious than their earlier material, though ultimately the whole is lesser than the sum of the parts.
Filth Is Eternal, Impossible World
Vibrant, dexterous, and unrelentingly compelling, the Seattle hardcore-punks’ fourth album sees them mature into a band adept at writing songs lasting more than two minutes.
FLOOD Staff
In the third installment of their brand-new music series, Urban Outfitters Live presented Vancouver natives, and all around badasses, White Lung.
Future Islands performing at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on 8/21/2014/ Photo by Alix Spence
Samuel T. Herring and Future Islands do what they do best: make you dance.
2014. “Nightcrawler” trailer.
No, this is not a Marvel movie, but that doesn’t make this Nightcrawler any less interesting and action-packed. There’s a…
2013. Darkside press photo by Tim Jones.
Multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington and electronic musician Nicolas Jaar have announced an end to their collaboration project Darkside, posting on Facebook:…
Making his directorial debut, Charlie McDowell (the son of Malcom McDowell and Mary Steenburgen) has brought us something magical with…
Outside Lands Festival 2014 August 8–10 Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California Taking place right in the heat of summer, crowds took…
Blood Orange [header] at Lollapalooza 2014 / Photo by Misha Vladimirskiy
Behind-the-scenes at Lollapalooza 2014 with Blood Orange, Jungle, Temples, Chromeo, London Grammar, and more. Photos by Misha Vladimirskiy.
Second by Bryan Lee O’Malley
If you’re one of those who wore out your copies of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s brilliant Scott Pilgrim series (and perhaps…
Featuring cover stories on St. Vincent and Arcade Fire.
2014 promo photo for Third Man Publishing wing
Jack White’s Third Man Records is merging the worlds of music and literature by opening a new publishing wing. To…
It’s been ten years, I repeat ten years, since Tim and Eric did a live show tour, so it’s about…
2014. Beck press photo by Peter Hapak.
At the end of 2012, twenty of Beck’s original compositions were released solely as a stunning set of sheet music,…
2014. “Seinfeld” emojis.
Continue your conversations about nothing with these Seinfeld emojis that could (potentially, maybe) be coming to your phone. The popular…
2014. “Starred Up” press photo
Coming out of this year’s film festival circuit, Starred Up has started picking up more than a bit of buzz…
2014. Christopher Owens “Nothing More than Everything to Me” video screenshot
In case you weren’t sure where the former Girls frontman Christopher Owens would go after the release of last year’s…
The Canadian-based indie rock group The Rural Alberta Advantage—widely recognized as being one of the most outstanding live bands out…
2014. Weezer press photo by Emily Shur.
Today Weezer finally announced the all important release date for their tenth LP. Everything Will Be Alright in the End…
2014. Cloud Nothings, “Psychic Trauma” video still
As the dust settles after the release of their third album Here And Nowhere Else, Cloud Nothings have released a…
