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.
Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere
Awash in twang and thick pedal steel, the country star’s seventh album explores the solitary no man’s land that exists between the ending of one relationship and the beginning of another.
Kneecap, Fenian
With bigger melodies and broader synth soundscapes, the rage-rave rap trio’s second LP takes an unexpected turn inward as they continue to take the politics of the world at large to task.
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Penetratingly exact and proudly undefinable, Nick Llobet’s first album since expanding the project to a duo adds more definition to the sinewy, searching palette of their previous material.
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The NYC-based songwriter gives an evening performance of “Tree” from his newly released sophomore LP Dog.
Michael Robert Williams Photography. www.michaelwilliams.co.uk
In honor of the San Francisco live music institution, Aaron Axelsen will be spinning two consecutive hours of Britpop hits released between 1995 and 2008 three times daily.
The songwriter strums through “Tonic” from his recent LP No Fixed Point in Space, out now via Bella Union.
The Of Monsters and Men offshoot performs “Every Kind of L” and “EndUp” with a 16-piece string orchestra for our special series shot around the city’s annual Øya Festival.
The Exile in Guyville 30th anniversary tour landed at the historic Nashville venue this week.
Despite canceling the remainder of the tour, Ms. Hill and the Fugees brought the Miseducation 25th Anniversary show to the City of Brotherly Love this week.
The OKC-based indie rockers play through “Old Town” from their latest LP Cuatro, out now via Thirty Tigers.
With their latest LP Formentera II out now, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw spin favorites from their indie-rock contemporaries.
The British avant-prog trio brought their “Eras Tour” to Los Angeles last week.
After releasing their debut album Iridescence last Friday, Brittany Campbell and Candace Quarrels play through “Find Me” and “Boundaries” in Highland Park.
Tears for Fears, Soft Cell, The Human League, The B-52’s, and more from the inaugural new wave and goth festival in Huntington Beach, CA.
Emily Whitehurst plays “Blood Perfume” and “Lady Neptune” from her new LP deathdreams.
With the SoCal surf-pop group in the midst of celebrating a decade of existence, Misha Lindes walks us through his recipe for his world-famous chili.
The singer/rapper’s latest record Bury the Lede is out now via Doomtree.
Tyler, The Creator
Turnstile, Ice Spice, Lil Yachty, Clipse, PinkPantheress, Earl Sweatshirt, and much more from Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles.
The Easy Eye Sound signee’s fourth album Black Bayou arrived last month.
The duo play “Pleasure” and “Fever Dream” from the new expanded edition of their Light Split Sparkle EP outside of band member Philippe Andre’s studio.
The first installment of Alterego, the Colombian-Mexican artist’s adventurous two-part project, is out now.
Both tracks appeared on her EP Sunshine Kid, released back in September.
Live pics and portraits with Say She She, Amyl & the Sniffers, Ganser, SASAMI, and more from the annual Austin fest leading up to Halloween.
