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.
Grumpy, Unfindable Ring
After a pair of EPs opened the door to shapeshifting unpredictability, Heaven Schmitt’s second LP leans into an emotive, purposefully fragmented sound that remains impossible to pin down.
The Nerves, Best Collection
Third Man collects everything the power-pop legends ever released 50 years after their lone EP, with these live tracks and demos proving why such a short-lived group was so influential.
Fenne Lily, Win Win
With an assured sense of vulnerability and potent imagery, the Brooklyn-via-Dorset songwriter’s fourth album finds comfort in post-breakup acceptance and personal renewal.
FLOOD Staff
The LA-based folk songwriter tells us how to make “really easy and delicious” fish cakes ahead of the release of her third LP Eight Pointed Star this Friday.
Chappell Roan
Live pics and backstage portraits with The Revivalists, Blondshell, Royel Otis, The Heavy Heavy, and others from the annual fest at Harvard Athletic Complex.
Coming off the release of his latest LP under the rap moniker, Rollercoaster, Rollie Pemberton performs the album cut “Exceptional” in front of the scenic natural backdrop.
Ahead of their FLOOD-sponsored set at the Hollywood Bowl on August 10, the trio was joined by John Carroll Kirby last night for their third and final sold-out set at Philly’s Metropolitan Opera House.
The Futurebirds keyboardist plays “Always Never You” and “Desperate Man” from his newly released solo record The Joke of Life, out now via Strolling Bones Records.
Sleigh Bells, Alvvays, Death Cab for Cutie, Gossip, Phantogram, and more from the nostalgia-filled indie fest in Pasadena, CA.
Ahead of her June 7 set at Governors Ball, Sabrina Teitelbaum takes over the station to play her favorite cuts by Joyce Manor, Rachel Chinouriri, Guided by Voices, and more.
The GRAMMY-winning songwriter plays “Coffee” and “Orange” from her forthcoming The Bird EP.
On the heels of their Coachella sets and a collaboration with PawPaw Rod, the LA-based duo’s radio takeover features music from Arthur Russell, Erykah Badu, LCD Soundsystem, and more.
The experimental pop group shared behind-the-scenes shots from their free show in Mexico City where they opened for Matador labelmates Interpol to a crowd of over 160,000.
The Lisbon-based rockers play “Stranger Anywhere” and “Marcy Avenue” to close out our subseries on the annual festival set on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The radio takeover coincides with the duo’s reveal of a new album, Viva Hinds, and its lead single featuring Beck.
The Uganda-born, Austin-based songwriter is gearing up to release his debut album Flying Away on May 31 via Easy Eye Sound.
Death Cab for Cutie, Gossip, The War on Drugs, Phantogram, Tegan and Sara, Sleigh Bells, and more will also be playing at the fest on May 18 in Pasadena, CA.
Michael Cormier-O’Leary and his 13-piece live band crammed themselves onstage in Philly and Brooklyn last month ahead of the release of the project’s latest record, Ease the Work.
As they unveil their LA-themed “Days of the Week” video, the electronic duo also takes us behind the scenes of their festival experience where they linked with Busta Rhymes, Reggie Watts, and Blu De Tiger.
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With their new single “Love From the Other Side” out today, the French nu-disco sextet took us behind the scenes of their recent festival experience.
Expedia’s New Orleans Jazz Fest afterparty was held at The Joy Theater last Friday.
Following their set at Treefort Festival, LaFarge’s band sets up on the Boise River to play “One You, One Me” and “Run Run Run” from the forthcoming Rhumba Country LP.
Alvvays
Blondshell, Kurt Vile, Chicano Batman, All Them Witches, and more from all three days of the annual festival spotlighting psych-rock, dream-pop, and beyond.
