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.
Various artists, Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
These unheard tracks from Dirty Projectors, Daniel Lopatin, and more are hushed and raw, all crafted with the idea of evoking a sense of home to highlight those whose own are at risk.
HEALTH, Conflict DLC
The noise-rockers’ sixth LP is a full-on rush of nihilistic energy, a shattered disco ball serving as the perfect encapsulation of a world decimated by capitalistic greed at the expense of humanity.
Fucked Up, Year of the Goat
Made up of two nearly half-hour tracks, the hardcore experimentalists’ latest is artistically commendable and consistently intriguing, even if it tends to test the listener’s patience.
FLOOD Staff
The cryptic San Francisco indie-pop trio spins everything from Souls of Mischief to Jessica Pratt on their radio takeover.
Surrounded by murals from the Bushwick Collective, the LA-based songwriter plays “I’m the Same” and “Bad Eye Opal” from her new LP Eight Pointed Star live in Brooklyn.
After gracing our latest digital cover, Greg Gonzalez takes over the station to spin everything from Metallica to Sade.
FLOOD will be sponsoring the label showcase to help kick off Lolla weekend on August 1 at Virgin Hotels Chicago.
Scott Huerta gives a solo acoustic performance of the song “Fast Held Hand” from the group’s recently released third album, Benzene, in his hometown’s Richmond District.
The Scottish songwriter takes us behind the scenes of her experience opening for Stevie Nicks at BST Hyde Park in London.
The LA-based psych-Americana group plays “Ball and Key” and the title track from their forthcoming sophomore record Fool’s Parade, landing this Friday via New West.
The Brooklyn art-punks recap their recent tour opening for of Montreal in words and photos.
In honor of his upcoming album Shirt, Aaron Maine takes the aux cord this week to queue up Fugazi, Arthur Russell, Charli XCX, and more.
The five-piece’s new album, The Warping, is out now via Lucky Number.
The house musician takes us behind the scenes of her weekend in Rothbury, Michigan for last weekend’s Electric Forest festival.
Graphic: Jerome Curchod Photos: Petros Studio, Millicent Hailes, Molly Matalon, Skylar Watkins, Joshua Mellin, Eva Vermandel
25 records that could only be made by human intelligence.
The Nordic music festival and conference will be kicking off the program with New York City’s New Colossus Festival in March 2025.
The NYC indie rockers covertly played their new single “Sunset Vision” on a tour bus running along the West Side Highway.
Ethel Cain at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA / photo by Skylar Watkins
The songwriter brought “The Childish Behavior Tour” to the amphitheatre in the hills of Griffith Park on Saturday night.
On the heels of new album VISITOR released last week, Pete Lawrie Winfield tells stories and spins tunes from DJ Shadow, Run the Jewels, Aphex Twin, Sly and the Family Stone, and more.
The NYC dance-punk group takes us behind the scenes of their trip to Spain, where they recently played their first-ever Primavera set.
Plus backstage shots of Dashboard Confessional, Milky Chance, Neil Frances, Taking Back Sunday, Trousdale, and others from the annual festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
Megan Thee Stallion
Plus Maggie Rogers, Reneé Rapp, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cage the Elephant, and more from The Farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
The LA-based songwriter sings “Willing & Able” from his recently released debut project Something Burning at the historic nonprofit African-American women’s organization.
