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.
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This Is Lorelei, Holo Boy
Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos digs into his back catalog of nearly 70 releases shared over the last 12 years, revealing his humble beginnings and the seeds of last year’s breakout LP.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50
This box set repackages the languid yet damaged follow-up to the band’s breakout success, with its true star being the massive-sounding bootleg of a 1975 live show at LA’s Sports Arena.
Blur, The Great Escape [30th Anniversary Edition]
Packed with era-appropriate B-sides, this release celebrates the Britpop quartet in their last gasp of opulent orchestration as they moved into lonely disillusionment and reserved distance.
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Join The Vaccines All Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
On the heels of releasing their sixth LP Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations, the London post-punks spin Kate Bush, Dirty Projectors, and more.
January 22, 2024
Events
Coachella 2024 Full Lineup Revealed
And…No Doubt.
January 16, 2024
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Squid
The UK art-punks document their brief set of dates in Asia to close out a year of touring their second LP, O Monolith.
January 16, 2024
Neighborhoods
Watch Talk Show Perform “Gold” in Rainy London for “Neighborhoods”
The electro-rock four-piece play through the single from their forthcoming debut album Effigy in a beer garden in Hackney.
January 16, 2024
FLOOD FM
Join Tom Windish This Week on a New Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
The veteran booking agent spins tracks by Nick Hakim, Stephen Sanchez, Arooj Aftab, and more.
January 16, 2024
Art & Culture
Tanya Donelly, Amanda Palmer, and Lydia Lunch Talk Combatting Sexism in Exclusive Excerpts from New Book “She’s a Badass”
Subtitled “Women in Rock Shaping Feminism,” Katherine Yeske Taylor’s book is out January 16 via Backbeat Books.
January 10, 2024
Neighborhoods
Watch Bathe Alone Play “Call Me Back” in Decatur, Georgia for “Neighborhoods”
Bailey Crone plays through the new single with her band before they head to SXSW in March.
January 09, 2024
FLOOD FM
Join Slowdive All Week on the Year’s First Episode of FLOOD FM’s “Hacked”
The band kicks off 2024 for us with a takeover featuring Drab Majesty, Nation of Language, Cocteau Twins, and more.
January 08, 2024
Backstage Camera Roll
Backstage Camera Roll: Mandy, Indiana
The Manchester-based dance-punk collective shares photo highlights from their brief set of December dates here in the US.
January 03, 2024
Neighborhoods
Watch Hannah Marks Perform in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park for “Neighborhoods”
Joined by vocalist Sarah Rossy and guitarist Jack Broza, the bassist plays the track “I’ll Ask Anyway” from her debut record Outsider, Outlier on a sunny day in New York City.
January 02, 2024
EventsLive, In Photos
Live, in Photos: The Best of 2023
40 of our favorite live shots from the year including boygenius, Arctic Monkeys, Weyes Blood, The Cure, Kendrick Lamar, Turnstile, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more.
December 28, 2023
Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best Films of 2023
10 movies that feel bolder with every repeat viewing.
December 20, 2023
Film + TVStaff Picks
The Best TV of 2023
10 series that continued to push the medium forward.
December 19, 2023
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FLOOD FM
Announcing FLOOD FM’s 50 Most Played Tracks of 2023
From Peggy Gou and OPN to Yard Act and Arlo Parks, here are the songs we couldn’t stop spinning over the past 12 months.
December 18, 2023
Staff Picks
The Best Songs of 2023
From bold and cathartic statements of newfound independence to unapologetic anthems for a one-weekend stand, here are the 10 most inventive tracks we heard in 2023.
December 14, 2023
FLOOD FM
Tune in for FLOOD FM’s Second Annual “Cool Yule Xmas” Radio Special
The special programming of eclectic holiday hits spanning indie, punk, hip-hop, and beyond kicks off this Sunday, December 17, and runs through the rest of the year only on FLOOD FM.
December 14, 2023
Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Zachary Gray, Jack Grange, Shervin Lainez, Steve Gullick, Gunner Stahl, Toby Leveson
Staff Picks
The Best Albums of 2023
From rap to pop to R&B to punk, this year was defined by a lack of homogeneity.
December 12, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Richie Quake Perform at Brooklyn’s Pratt Playground for “Neighborhoods”
The NYC-based songwriter gives an evening performance of “Tree” from his newly released sophomore LP Dog.
December 12, 2023
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FLOOD FM
FLOOD FM Celebrates 28 Years of Popscene All Week with “Top 28 Britpop Bangers” Radio Special
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.
December 11, 2023
Neighborhoods
Watch Modern Nature’s Jack Cooper Perform in a Garden in Cambridge, UK for “Neighborhoods”
The songwriter strums through “Tonic” from his recent LP No Fixed Point in Space, out now via Bella Union.
December 05, 2023
