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.
Joy Division, Eternal
With its recently discovered live volumes as its focus, this career-ranging box set valuably continues to lay flat the post-punk band’s sound at its most raw and unadorned.
Meg Lui, Instant Validation
Partnering with Sufjan Stevens on her perky debut album of freewheeling folk-pop, country-rock, and even sea shanties, the Catskills-based songwriter flits between genres with ease.
Empress Of, Dream House
On a prismatic album about reconstruction and fulfillment, the Honduran-American songwriter embodies pure-hearted conviction to remind us home is where the heart is.
FLOOD Staff
Bill Nace, Gordon’s collaborator in Body/Head, opened the evening.
Matthew Koma spins tracks by Madi Diaz, Lauren Mayberry, and more ahead of his band’s upcoming tour in support of their debut album Sha La La.
Chapell Roan
Goth Babe, 21 Savage, Carly Rae Jepsen, Post Malone, Blondshell, Reneé Rapp, Rauw Alejandro, and more from Flushing Meadows Corona Park in NYC.
In the middle of her tour of the Midwest, Siri Undlin plays “Quickest Way” from her latest LP Right On.
Sylvan Esso
Plus pics of Dehd, Truth Club, Reyna Tropical, and Hippo Campus from the two-day festival at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in North Carolina, presented by Sylvan Esso and Psychic Hotline.
Lil Wayne, Nas, André 3000, Jill Scott, BLK ODYSSY, and more from The Roots’ annual festival at The Mann at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
Pics of the fans and festival grounds from the annual event at Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona.
The Toronto jangle-pop duo shares photo highlights of memorable gigs, sandwiches, and solar eclipses, from their spring tour with Ratboys.
The New Zealand–born songwriter plays singles “People Move On” and “Laps in the Drugstore” from her forthcoming sophomore album CARE/TAKING with LA’s skyline as a backdrop.
Lana Del Rey at Primavera Sound credit Daniel Cavazos
The Last Dinner Party, Vampire Weekend, Atarashii Gakko!, Mannequin Pussy, A. G. Cook, Charli XCX, Ethel Cain, and much more from the Parc del Fòrum seafront grounds in Barcelona.
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.
