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.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
FLOOD Staff
Joe Pernice performs “December in Her Eyes” and “How Will We Sleep” from the project’s forthcoming LP Who Will You Believe in Ontario.
The founder of the record label turned creative marketing agency shares a playlist featuring IHC artist Matt and Kim as well as classic tracks from INXS, Janet Jackson, and more.
The sibling duo brave the winter cold to play through the track from their recent Suburban Legend LP in their backyard.
The Leeds-based post-punks closed out 2023 with a brief set of dates in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Japan—which they documented for us in photos.
Wombo, Crystal Egg, Brian Brown, Mali Velasquez, and Sewing Club also played the sold-out reproductive-justice benefitting event at DRKMTTR, with Total Wife, DJ Loveless, and Snõõper providing DJ sets.
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.
And…No Doubt.
The UK art-punks document their brief set of dates in Asia to close out a year of touring their second LP, O Monolith.
The electro-rock four-piece play through the single from their forthcoming debut album Effigy in a beer garden in Hackney.
The veteran booking agent spins tracks by Nick Hakim, Stephen Sanchez, Arooj Aftab, and more.
Subtitled “Women in Rock Shaping Feminism,” Katherine Yeske Taylor’s book is out January 16 via Backbeat Books.
Bailey Crone plays through the new single with her band before they head to SXSW in March.
The band kicks off 2024 for us with a takeover featuring Drab Majesty, Nation of Language, Cocteau Twins, and more.
The Manchester-based dance-punk collective shares photo highlights from their brief set of December dates here in the US.
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.
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.
10 movies that feel bolder with every repeat viewing.
10 series that continued to push the medium forward.
Peggy Gou
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.
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.
